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Guildhall Opera Double Bill

Miss Fortune & The Telephone

A young woman in the middle of a city street

Guildhall School’s Opera department presents a double bill of operatic works exploring romantic love, fate and fortune. 

Commissioned by Bregenz Festival and the Royal Opera House and premiered in 2011, Miss Fortune is a contemporary re-telling of a Sicilian folk story. Judith Weir’s opera is a story about Tina and how her life dramatically changes course overnight; it is a story about fate and fortune.  

Written specifically for performance on American television in 1947, Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The Telephone is a romantic comedy in one act, written for just two singers and a hand-picked chamber ensemble of instrumentalists.  

Presented by Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

A recording of this production will be available to watch online for free after the performances. Watch online from 25 March.

‘Judith Weir must be considered one of the most successful British opera composers since Britten‘
Sunday Times

Production Credits

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Anna Reid designer
Anthony Doran lighting designer
Joseph Beesley assistant conductor
Rachel Wise assistant director/movement

Silk Street Theatre

Location
The Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G. 

Address
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Silk Street
Barbican
London
EC2Y 8DT

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.