Riders to the Sea

Vaughan Williams’ and JM Synge’s 

Riders to the Sea 

With a new dramatic prologue and chamber orchestration by Michael Betteridge

A man, full of unshed tears and haunted by the ghosts of his past, finds himself drawn back to the sea, and the memory of his mother, his sisters, and a great loss. 

Newly orchestrated for oboe, clarinet and accordion, and with a new dramatic prologue, The Last Bit of the Moon, by Michael Betteridge and ArtfulScribe’s Community Sirens Collective with Antosh Wojcik, Vaughan Williams’ masterful miniature expands into a powerful tale of family, grief and love’s enduring power. 

In a production that weaves together live performance, projection and recorded sound, OperaUpClose bring their own inimitable style to a classic with musical storytelling at its most direct and visceral.

The show is captioned through as part of the production design. 

“A fearless, ambitious retelling of an epic tale and score” ★★★★★ Stage Talk