World premiere

Uprising

28 February - 2 March 2025

Can one person make a difference? Horrified by the climate crisis, teenager Lola decides that she must fight for the future.

From acclaimed composer Jonathan Dove and writer April De Angelis, this new opera looks at the state of the world through the eyes of the young.

Featuring a cast of professionals and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia alongside Glyndebourne Youth Opera, a community chorus and young instrumentalists from Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and Brighton & Hove Percussion Ensemble.


Creative team

Composer
Jonathan Dove

Librettist
April De Angelis

Conductor
Andrew Gourlay

Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita

Director
Sinéad O’Neill

Assistant Director
Rebecca Marine

Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita

Movement Director
Mike Ashcroft

Lighting Designer
Danny Vavrečka

Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor
Ashley Beauchamp

Répétiteur
Avishka Edirisinghe

Glyndebourne Sinfonia
including players from its Jerwood Pit Perfect programme for young Instrumentalists and young players from Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and Brighton & Hove Percussion Ensemble

Cast includes

Lola Green
Ffion Edwards

Angela Green
Madeleine Shaw

Zoe Green
Julieth Lozano Rolong

Clive Green
Ross Ramgobin

Mayor/Quercus
Edwin Kaye

Glyndebourne Youth Opera

Glyndebourne Community Chorus


Uprising is supported by:

Jim and Hilary Potter
The Chalk Cliff Trust
MariaMarina Foundation
With additional support from other generous individuals and organisations.

Glyndebourne’s Learning & Engagement programme is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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