Music by Amir Mahyar Tefreshipour
Libretto by Dominic Power
Director Chiara D'Anna
Conductor Marcello Palazzo
Lighting Designer Petr Vocka
Costume Designer Rachele Terrinoni
Singers:
Anahita - soprano: Maya Sapone
Cyrus - countertenor: Matt Paine
Hedayat - baritone: Yuki Okuyama
Based on an eerie and unsettling short story by Persian writer Sadegh Hedayat, THE RED ROOM is portable opera for three voices. A chance encounter at night between a stranded traveller and a mysterious host, in a provincial town in pre-war Iran turns into a night of disturbing revelations leading to the unmasking of the secret of the Red Room. With a narrative that has echoes of Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, THE RED ROOM is an intense and disturbing drama about fear, isolation, and philosophical self-destruction.
Age Guidance: 15+
Running Time: 45 mins (no interval)
Premiered at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in London and presented at the Aalborg Opera Festival, Teater Nordkraft, Denmark. An Ensemble Fantômas production.
