Join us for this special world premiere screening of A Thing I Cannot Name, an opera composed by Amanda Feery with libretto by Megan Nolan. It was commissioned and produced by Irish National Opera as a twenty-minute work for film. Amanda and Megan will be in conversation with Julie Kelleher which will be followed by the screening.

Three women. All different. Connected only by the intensity of their wildly dissimilar desires. Unrequited love for an aloof, narcissistic older woman … an obsession with a partner’s former lover, intense enough to verge into the erotic … a yearning to bear a child, to create a companion and break out of a painful seclusion. Through their letters, their voices join each other across time, in an attempt to give name to their desires.

The opera is sung in English with English subtitles and is suitable for ages 14 plus.

CAST

Rebecca, Kelli-Ann Masterson
Jean, Rachel Goode
Catherine, Aebh Kelly

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor, Elaine Kelly
Director, Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Set and Costume Designer, Jack Scullion
Lighting Designer, Stephen Dodd
Répétiteur, Luke Lally-Maguire

MUSICIANS

Flute, Lina Andonovska
Violin, Cora Lunny
Double Bass, Caimin Gilmore
Electric Guitar, Barry O’Halpin
Percussion, Caitríona Frost
Piano, Luke Lally-Maguire