Shaw Goes Wilde: The Music Cure
- Year2019
- VenueSusie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Pegasus Opera Company presents the UK Premier of two one-act operas by Philip Hagemann based on Bernard Shaw’s ‘The Music Cure’ & Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’.
The Music Cure It is 1913 and Lord Reginald is being investigated by Parliament for inside trading. Needless to say, he is distressed. His beloved mother hires a famous and dynamic female concert pianist to cheer him up. This is a tale of satirical wit, love and desire, enhanced by the brilliance of Hagemann’s music.
- Official programmeDownload (PDF, 28.7mb)
- Director Louise Bakker
- Creative teamComposer Philip Hagemann, Artistic Director Alison Buchanan, Producer Jordan Mullineaux, Director Louise Bakker, Lighting Charlie Morgan Jones, Set & Costume Richard Evans, Stage Manager John Nicoll, AV Designer Lewis Den Hertog, Costume supervisor Samantha Murphey, ASM Amal Khalidi, ASM Kiera Dulake