Name: Black el Payaso
Start: 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Arcola Theatre

Organization

Grimeborn Opera Festival

Conductor

Ricardo Gosalbo

Stage director

Paula Paz

Set designer

Caitlin Abbott

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Lucía Sánchez

Actor

Guy Common

Assistant Director

Monica Cox

Translator

Simon Breden

Pianist

violin

Elena Jauregui

Singer

Soprano

Raphaela Papadakis

La Princesa Sofia

Juliet Wallace

Catalina Feodorovna

Baritone

Michael Lafferty-Smith

Black

Bass

Joseph Pellingra

White

David Powton

Carlos Dupont

Tenor

Henry Marat

Bass-baritone

Simon Bundock

Barón de Orsava

Spanish

Black el Payaso -  (Black the Clown)

London

United Kingdom

Arcola Theatre

Studio 1

Black el Payaso

Public

Black the Clown

English

Approved

Exiled from a country immersed in civil war, two clowns find themselves in the heart of the Parisian underworld at a time of revolution

Black, el Payaso / Black, the Clown is one of Pablo Sorozábal‘s most ambitious and wide-ranging work. An ingenious allegory of art and nationalist politics, its sharp and political edge that remains relevant today. The libretto is based on the French novel La princesse aux clowns by Jean-José Frappa.

This zarzuela (a Spanish opereta) first premiered in Spain in 1942.  This Cervantes Theatre production directed by Paula Paz marks its UK premiere.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer