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| Ben Edge: Satan’s Den |
Final 12 months I chatted to conductor Finnegan Downie Expensive (inventive director of Shadwell Opera) and composer Isabella Gellis about Shadwell Opera’s semi-staged presentation of Gellis’ new opera, The Satan’s Den on the Nevill Holt Pageant [see my interview]. Now, the opera is getting its world premiere staging when Shadwell Opera joins forces with Opera North to current The Satan’s Den at Opera North’s Howard Meeting Room on 15 November 2025.
The manufacturing is directed by Jack Furness and carried out by Finnegan Downie Expensive, with a robust forged that includes ennifer France, Lotte Betts-Dean, Nicholas Morris, and Ossian Huskinson. Additionally on stage can be Sheffield Metropolis Morris because the opera is the primary ever to characteristic a reside Morris Dancing Aspect as a part of its dramatic construction.
Impressed by the portray by British artist Ben Edge, The Satan’s Den tells a haunting story of a kid, a rabbit, a druid, and a satan, set in a anonymous English village sure by historical ritual to create a daring, atmospheric work rooted in English folklore, ritual, and superstition.
Audiences are invited to make a day of it: alongside the 2 performances, the Howard Meeting Room will host people singing and Morris dancing workshops, and talks with artists and musicians, creating a completely immersive folk-meets-opera time out.
Full particulars from Opera North’s web site.
