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Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks

20 Jun 18 – 23 Jun 18, Five performances, times vary: 20-23 June at 7:30PM, plus Sat 23 June also at 2:30PM

An immersive opera inspired by ancient cave paintings, and set in a dystopian future

By Claudia Pritchard on 11/6/2018

Composer Tansy Davies imagines a world after a climatic catastrophe. Photo: Rikard Österlund
Composer Tansy Davies imagines a world after a climatic catastrophe. Photo: Rikard Österlund
Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks Claudia Pritchard
Was it global warming? Was it a massive earthquake...? At the start of Tansy Davies's new opera, Cave, society has broken down, and a shamanic figure is alone underground. He is separated from his daughter, Hannah, and has only the walls for company.


Tansy Davies was inspired by her visits to the ancient Niaux caves in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees in France for her latest collaboration with librettist Nick Drake. The result is given its world premiere at Printworks, transformed for the Royal Opera/London Sinfonietta production to create a wraparound opera.


The phenomenal tenor Mark Padmore, whose voice has an especially searching quality, and the vocal artist Elaine Mitchener are the singers, and the playing of the London Sinfonietta is augmented by otherworldly electronic sound. Lucy Bailey directs.


Davies and Drake worked together before on Two Worlds, an opera about the attacks on the Twin Towers. A suite from this is given its London premiere at the Proms on 25 July.


Cave is the work of a very inventive and imaginative composer, and guaranteed to be something of an event.


by Claudia Pritchard

What Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks
Where The Printworks, Canada Water, Surrey Quays Road, , London, SE16 7ND | MAP
Nearest tube Canada Water (underground)
When 20 Jun 18 – 23 Jun 18, Five performances, times vary: 20-23 June at 7:30PM, plus Sat 23 June also at 2:30PM
Price £16 - £30
Website Click here for more information and booking



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