The First Child
Landmark Productions in association with Irish National Opera, Ireland It all began with the child. Following the sensational success of their first two operas, The Last Hotel and The Second Violinist, Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh join forces once again on the final instalment in their explosive trilogy of suburban horror. The production brings together a world-class creative team with a cast of five singers, an actor, a dancer, a small children’s choir and Crash Ensemble, to imagine a terrifying story of lost innocence—a baby on a beach—and the sea.
Landmark Productions in association with Irish National Opera, Ireland
It all began with the child.
Following the sensational success of their first two operas, The Last Hotel and The Second Violinist, Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh join forces once again on the final instalment in their explosive trilogy of suburban horror.
The production brings together a world-class creative team with a cast of five singers, an actor, a dancer, a small children’s choir and Crash Ensemble, to imagine a terrifying story of lost innocence—a baby on a beach—and the sea.
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THE FIRST CHILD<br />
JAMIE VARTAN ADAM SILVERMAN JACK PHELAN<br />
ADAM SILVERMAN<br />
Lighting Designer<br />
Adam Silverman works in opera,<br />
theatre and dance. With Enda Walsh,<br />
Adam has lit Medicine, <strong>The</strong> Second<br />
Violinist, <strong>The</strong> Last Hotel, Grief is<br />
the Thing with Feathers, Arlington,<br />
Ballyturk and, Misterman. Recent<br />
opera productions include La Calisto,<br />
I mazzindiere for Teatro alla Scala;<br />
La clemenza di Tito, Lohengrin<br />
for the Royal Opera; and Adriana<br />
Lecouvreur, Un ballo in maschera for<br />
the Metropolitan Opera. For Michael<br />
Keegan-Dolan Adam has lit Mám,<br />
Swan Lake – Loch na hEala, Rian,<br />
James Son of James, <strong>The</strong> Rite of Spring,<br />
Petrouchka, <strong>The</strong> Bull and Giselle.<br />
Additional credits include designs<br />
on Broadway, the West End, Bregenz<br />
Festival, English National Opera,<br />
Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Théâtre du<br />
Châtelet, Royal Ballet, Deutsche Oper<br />
Berlin, Opéra Bastille, Teatro Real,<br />
Bavarian State Opera, Festival d’Aixen-Provence<br />
and PJ Harvey’s <strong>The</strong><br />
Hope Six Demolition Project. Upcoming<br />
productions include <strong>The</strong> Ring Cycle for<br />
the Metropolitan Opera and English<br />
National Opera.<br />
JACK PHELAN<br />
Video Designer<br />
Jack Phelan is a video artist and<br />
technologist who specialises in<br />
integrating new visual ideas and<br />
technology into live performance.<br />
Other theatrical credits include: To<br />
Be A Machine (Dead Centre, Dublin<br />
<strong>The</strong>atre Festival and Burgtheater,<br />
Vienna), L.O.L.A (feature film –<br />
premiere 2021), Touch (RTÉ, 2020),<br />
Gulliver’s Travels (Unicorn <strong>The</strong>atre,<br />
London), Incantata (GIAF and <strong>The</strong> Irish<br />
Rep, New York), Ravens: Spassky vs<br />
Fischer (Hampstead <strong>The</strong>atre, London),<br />
<strong>The</strong> Second Violinist (Landmark<br />
Productions, INO Barbican <strong>The</strong>atre,
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