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.
PAGE 30 IRISH NATIONAL OPERA IRISH NATIONAL OPERA Irish National Opera is Ireland’s newest and most enterprising opera company. It champions Irish creativity in its casting, its choice of creative teams and in its commitment to the presentation of new operas. The company performs largescale productions of works from the great operatic canon in Dublin, Cork and Wexford and takes touring production to venues of all sizes throughout Ireland. To date INO has performed in 26 venues in Ireland as well as presented work in London and Amsterdam. Irish National Opera responded creatively to the challenges posed by a global pandemic. The company produced a multitude of online concerts and events, notably it adapted Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio into an eight-part miniseries. The company also commissioned and produced 20 Shots of Opera, 20 new short operas for film, a project that garnered enthusiastic reviews from the international press. INO has produced a number of longer opera films, amongst them The Lighthouse, was screened in outdoor settings, including at lighthouses, and Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground which will be streamed jointly by INO and the Royal Opera House. Most recently the company presented a spectacular production of Strauss’ Elektra in the outdoor setting of the Castle Yard in Kilkenny. www.irishnationalopera.ie James Bingham Sorcha Carroll Aoife Daly Diego Fasciati Sarah Halpin Cate Kelliher Audrey Keogan Ruth Kielty Anne Kyle Patricia Malpas Muireann Ní Dhubhghaill Gavin O’Sullivan Fergus Sheil Paula Tierney Studio & Outreach Producer Marketing Manager Development Manager Executive Director Digital Communications Manager Business & Finance Manager Development Assistant Marketing Assistant Stage Manager Project Administrator Artistic Administrator Head of Production Artistic Director Company Stage Manager
IRISH NATIONAL OPERA PAGE 31 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Henry Cox & Michael D. Kunkel INO GUARDIANS Anonymous (1) Catherine & William Earley Ian & Jean Flitcroft Howard Gatiss Genesis Timothy King & Mary Canning Gaby Smyth & Company INO PATRONS Anonymous (2) Gianni & Michael Alen-Buckley Mareta & Conor Doyle Silvia & Jay Krehbiel Karlin Lillington & Chris Horn Rory & Mary O’Donnell INO CHAMPIONS Jennifer Caldwell Noel Doyle & Brigid McManus Florrie Draper Anne Fogarty Maire & Maurice Foley Roy & Aisling Foster Gerard Howlin M Hely Hutchinson Stella Litchfield Stephen Loughman Tony & Joan Manning Jim McKiernan Sara Moorhead Joseph O’Dea Dr Patricia O’Hara Geraldine O’Sullivan James & Marie Pike Dermot & Sue Scott Matthew Patrick Smyth INO MEMBERS INO ADVOCATES Anonymous (1) Maureen de Forge Eric & Christina Haywood Julian & Aoife Hubbard John & Michéle Keogan Catherine Kullmann Lyndon MacCann Kathleen MacMahon R John McBratney Joe & Mary Murphy Ann Nolan & Paul Burns Helen Nolan FX & Pat O’Brien James & Sylvia O’Connor Paul & Veronica O’Hara Peadar O’Mórdha Frances Ruane INO ASSOCIATES Anonymous (6) Lynn Anderson Desmond Barry Alastair Boles Deirdre Collier Una Corr & Elaine Noonan Veronica Donoghue Noel Drumgoole Michael Duggan Hugh & Mary Geoghegan Emma Golden Mary Holohan Nuala Johnson Paul Kennan & Louise Wilson Michael Lloyd Patricia McCullagh Petria McDonnell Dara McMahon & Garrett Fennell Katherine Meenan Jean Moorhead Jane Moynihan John R Redmill Catherine Santoro Charlotte & Dennis Stevenson J & B Sheehy Judy Woodworth INO COMPANIONS Anonymous (3) Aimee Banks Karen Banks Ann Barrett Liam Clifford Sarah Daniel Matthew Dillon Jack Doherty Dr Beatrice Doran Anne Drumm Keena Duffy Devidyal Givens Matthew Harrison B. Howard Mr Trevor Hubbard Kieron Lawlor Bernadette Madden Cróine Magan Miriam McNally & Pat Dolan Andrew McCroskery Joseph Musgrave Siobhan O’Beirne Viola O’Connor Prof Desmond O’Neill Líosa O’Sullivan & Mandy Fogarty Marion Palmer Lucy Pratt Hilary Pyle Philip Regan Prof Sarah Rogers Vivienne Sayers Linda Scales Olivia Sheehy Liam Shorten Jim Smith Mary Spollen Vivian Tannam Philip Tilling TU Dublin Operatic Society Breda Whelan Niall Williams
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IRISH NATIONAL OPERA<br />
PAGE 31<br />
ARTISTIC<br />
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE<br />
Henry Cox & Michael D. Kunkel<br />
INO GUARDIANS<br />
Anonymous (1)<br />
Catherine & William Earley<br />
Ian & Jean Flitcroft<br />
Howard Gatiss<br />
Genesis<br />
Timothy King & Mary Canning<br />
Gaby Smyth & Company<br />
INO PATRONS<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Gianni & Michael Alen-Buckley<br />
Mareta & Conor Doyle<br />
Silvia & Jay Krehbiel<br />
Karlin Lillington & Chris Horn<br />
Rory & Mary O’Donnell<br />
INO CHAMPIONS<br />
Jennifer Caldwell<br />
Noel Doyle & Brigid McManus<br />
Florrie Draper<br />
Anne Fogarty<br />
Maire & Maurice Foley<br />
Roy & Aisling Foster<br />
Gerard Howlin<br />
M Hely Hutchinson<br />
Stella Litchfield<br />
Stephen Loughman<br />
Tony & Joan Manning<br />
Jim McKiernan<br />
Sara Moorhead<br />
Joseph O’Dea<br />
Dr Patricia O’Hara<br />
Geraldine O’Sullivan<br />
James & Marie Pike<br />
Dermot & Sue Scott<br />
Matthew Patrick Smyth<br />
INO MEMBERS<br />
INO ADVOCATES<br />
Anonymous (1)<br />
Maureen de Forge<br />
Eric & Christina Haywood<br />
Julian & Aoife Hubbard<br />
John & Michéle Keogan<br />
Catherine Kullmann<br />
Lyndon MacCann<br />
Kathleen MacMahon<br />
R John McBratney<br />
Joe & Mary Murphy<br />
Ann Nolan & Paul Burns<br />
Helen Nolan<br />
FX & Pat O’Brien<br />
James & Sylvia O’Connor<br />
Paul & Veronica O’Hara<br />
Peadar O’Mórdha<br />
Frances Ruane<br />
INO ASSOCIATES<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Lynn Anderson<br />
Desmond Barry<br />
Alastair Boles<br />
Deirdre Collier<br />
Una Corr & Elaine Noonan<br />
Veronica Donoghue<br />
Noel Drumgoole<br />
Michael Duggan<br />
Hugh & Mary Geoghegan<br />
Emma Golden<br />
Mary Holohan<br />
Nuala Johnson<br />
Paul Kennan & Louise Wilson<br />
Michael Lloyd<br />
Patricia McCullagh<br />
Petria McDonnell<br />
Dara McMahon<br />
& Garrett Fennell<br />
Katherine Meenan<br />
Jean Moorhead<br />
Jane Moynihan<br />
John R Redmill<br />
Catherine Santoro<br />
Charlotte & Dennis Stevenson<br />
J & B Sheehy<br />
Judy Woodworth<br />
INO COMPANIONS<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
Aimee Banks<br />
Karen Banks<br />
Ann Barrett<br />
Liam Clifford<br />
Sarah Daniel<br />
Matthew Dillon<br />
Jack Doherty<br />
Dr Beatrice Doran<br />
Anne Drumm<br />
Keena Duffy<br />
Devidyal Givens<br />
Matthew Harrison<br />
B. Howard<br />
Mr Trevor Hubbard<br />
Kieron Lawlor<br />
Bernadette Madden<br />
Cróine Magan<br />
Miriam McNally & Pat Dolan<br />
Andrew McCroskery<br />
Joseph Musgrave<br />
Siobhan O’Beirne<br />
Viola O’Connor<br />
Prof Desmond O’Neill<br />
Líosa O’Sullivan & Mandy<br />
Fogarty<br />
Marion Palmer<br />
Lucy Pratt<br />
Hilary Pyle<br />
Philip Regan<br />
Prof Sarah Rogers<br />
Vivienne Sayers<br />
Linda Scales<br />
Olivia Sheehy<br />
Liam Shorten<br />
Jim Smith<br />
Mary Spollen<br />
Vivian Tannam<br />
Philip Tilling<br />
TU Dublin Operatic Society<br />
Breda Whelan<br />
Niall Williams
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