Overview
A Song for the Future is an opera made by WNO participants who came together to share their stories, songs and music during lockdown.
It’s an opera about inequality, about what it is to feel like to be an outsider. It’s a call to action about the necessity of regathering, of remaking the connections between us in order to come together.
In a world suddenly paused, a recently arrived refugee Zana tries to make sense not only of what she’s going through, but of the world we have created. Zana’s story is told through song, music, and spoken word as we explore the hopes, fears and dreams in the quest for a new future.
This brand new opera is co-created by Composer Boff Whalley, Writer Sarah Woods and six writers and musicians (who also perform) who have sought sanctuary in the UK.
A Song for the Future is Welsh National Opera’s second partnership with Oasis Cardiff.
Synopsis
In a world suddenly paused, Zana, a recently arrived refugee, tries to make sense of not only what she’s going through – but of the world we have created.
From the bedroom window of her shared house in Cardiff, she sees a starling building a nest in a nearby tree. As the days become weeks, the lives of the birds make more and more sense to her – more than that of the life she has temporarily lost. But as the injustices of the world bite: racism, poverty, division and inequality, she knows she must return, she must re-join her own species and fight for a better future.
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Cyfansoddwyd gan | Composed by Boff Whalley, Mahnaz Baoosh, Rolando “Rolly” Bertrand, Tony Córdoba, Diaco Geravandi, Arash Javadi
Ysgrifennwyd gan | Written by Sarah Woods, Mahnaz Baoosh, Rolando “Rolly” Bertrand, Tony Córdoba, Otja Mieze
Zana, Mezzo Molly Barker Soprano Jennifer Walker
Tenor Adam Music
Bariton | Baritone Aaron O’Hare Bas | Bass Oscar Castellino
Perfformwyr ychwanegol | Additional Performers
Mahnaz Baoosh, Rolando “Rolly” Bertrand, Tony Córdoba, Otja Mieze
Feiolin I | Violin I Amanda Lake
Feiolin II | Violin II Steven Critchlow Fiola | Viola Louise Rabaiotti Soddgrwth | Cello Alison Gillies
Piano Frederick Brown
Tombak Mahnaz Baoosh
Setar Arash Javadi
Ney a | and Tanbor Diaco Geravandi Gitâr | Guitar Tony Córdoba
Gitâr | Guitar Rolando “Rolly” Bertrand
Cynhyrchydd | Producer Lydia Meehan Filmmaker Alex Metcalfe
Tynnwr Ffocws | Focus Puller Ceri Evans
Ffotograffydd | Photographer Mahnaz Baoosh
Ôl-gynhyrchu Sain | Post Production Sound Tŷ Cerdd, James Clarke a | and Matt Collins Artist Diaco Geravandi
Artist Graffig | Graphic Artist Chris Crow
Bywddarlunydd | Animator George Edwards
Goruchwyliwr Bywddarlunio | Animation Supervisor Jonathan Edwards
Diolch i | Thanks to
Grant Barden, Julia Carson Sims, Caroline Chaney, Dave Collins, Isobel Craven, Matt Downes, Sue Evans, Emma Flatley, Martina Fraser, Michael Graham, Georgina Govier, Jamie Harris, April Heade, Michael Hornett, Kathryn Joyce, Aidan Lang, Language Factory, Little Big Fish Films, Maris Lyons, Jan Michaelis, Russell Moreton, Ella Morgan, National Opera Studio, Oasis Cardiff, Quelle Est Belle, Megan Sinnett, Upsidedown Films, Yellow and Blue
Filmiau treigl amser | Timelapses
Pelexs.com by imyeh_rex, Amit, James Wheeler, Kelly Lacy, Nazim Zafri, Mike, Lay-z Owl, Pixababy, Tom Fisk, James, Owen, Vitaly Vlasov, Simon Croft.
Mewn partneriaeth â | In partnership with Oasis Cardiff