Organization

Conductor

Nicole Paiement

Stage director

Leonard Foglia

Video designer

Elaine J McCarthy

Singer

Bass-baritone

Daniel Okulitch

Beck Weathers

Baritone

Craig Verm

Doug Hansen

Mezzo-soprano

Veronika Haller

Jan Hall

Tenor

Andrew Bidlack

Rob Hall

Kristen Barrett

Costume designer

David C Woolard

Soprano

Siân Griffiths

Jane Arnold

Bass

Charles Gibbs

Mike Groom

Jimmy Holliday

Guy Cotter

Matilda McDonald

Meg Weathers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Others

BBC Singers

Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Everest

London

United Kingdom

Public

Approved

Everest Talbot

The UK premiere of Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer’s new opera Everest: a spectacular drama of life, death and the human spirit on the roof of the world.

May 1996, and as their plans disintegrate and a blizzard closes in, four climbers confront the summit of Mount Everest – and a life-or-death choice. Based on a true story, Talbot’s opera has a contemporary setting, but an eternal theme: the limits of human courage, and the unbreakable power of nature.

Talbot’s Everest Prelude sets the scene, combining tense, evocative music and poignant footage of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's ill-fated attempt to conquer the icy peak in 1924. Atmospheric visual projections then throw you into the 1990s and the freezing heart of a raging storm. ‘Gripping, edge of your seat story-telling’ wrote one US critic after its premiere in 2015. ‘If you want to see where opera is headed in the 21st-century, don't miss this production.’

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer