
The Paradis Files
NEW PRODUCTION 2022
The Paradis Files is an opera about the life of the 18th century composer and musician, Teresa Von Paradis (Austria, 1759-1824). Paradis was a celebrated composer, pianist and singer who gave concerts in Austria and across Europe. A contemporary of Mozart and Salieri, she was known as The Blind Enchantress.
Yet underlying her success story is the life of a woman who was used as a pawn by her family to secure a pension – a young disabled musician who was used as a source of ‘inspiration’ and was subjected to an extraordinary and daily variety of treatments to ‘cure’ her blindness.
Graeae and The Stables are bringing to life the untold story of this extraordinary woman. Watch this short documentary follows the initial steps in the creation of The Paradis Files, Graeae’s first chamber opera to be originated and performed by Deaf and disabled artists.
Tour dates
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Fri 8 - Sat 9 April - Curve Leicester (Previews)
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Wed 13 & Thu 14 April - Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall (World Premiere)
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Wed 20 - Thu 21 April - The Stables, Milton Keynes
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Sat 23 April - Mercury Theatre, Colchester
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Tue 26 April - Hull Truck & Abermarle Centre
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Thu 28 & Fri 29 April - Horsecross Perth
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Thu 5 & Fri 6 May - Richard Burton Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music
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Wed 11 & Thu 12 May - Crucible Sheffield
Director | Jenny Sealey
Music | Errollyn Wallen
Musical Director and Conductor | Andrea Brown
Librettist | Nicola Werenowska
Co-Librettist and Original Idea | Selina Mills
Casting | Sarah Playfair
Dramaturg | Bill Bankes Jones
Singers featured in documentary | Mimi Doulton, Omar Ebrahim, Bethan Langford, Natalie Raybould, Ben Thapa
Répétiteurs | Stuart Wild, Murray Hipkin
BSL Interpreters | Caroline Richardson, Vikki Gee-Dare