Water in the Desert: A Zayed Legacy

In partnership with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and the Ministry of Tolerance UAE

Thursday, Oct 25 @ 8pm & Friday, Oct 26 @ 4pm

The Red Theatre

Past Event

Based on Sheikh Zayed’s vision for a green desert, a new work featuring two opera singers and eighty school children.

Explore the late Sheikh Zayed’s vision of a green desert, in an opera that embraces music, drama, movement, design and film.

Following the success of A Beautiful World in late 2016, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi school presents its second opera project. Acclaimed director Karen Gillingham returns with her world renowned creative team for Water in the Desert: A Zayed Legacy in celebration of the Year of Zayed.

See the previous opera, A Beautiful World, presented in 2016

Credits

Karen Gillingham (Director/Artistic Director ) www.karengillingham.com
Hannah Conway (Composer/Music Director) www.hannahconway.co.uk
Natasha Khamjani (Choreographer) www.natashakhamjani.com
Rhiannon Newman-Brown (Designer) www.rhiannonnewmanbrown.com
Peter Cant (Librettist) https://goo.gl/92rPhV
Robert Gildon (Baritone) www.robertgildon.com 
Nazan Fikret (Soprano) www.nazanfikret.com
Magali Charrier (Designer Videographer) www.magalicharrier.com
Susan Hamilton (Producer) www.performability.co.uk

Presented in partnership with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and the Ministry of Tolerance UAE