The Jette Parker Artists offer a rare opportunity to enjoy the work of three women composers in one production, directed by Talia Stern, making her Royal Opera debut, and conducted by Peggy Wu. Haunting explorations of lost love feature in Elizabeth Maconchy’s The Departure (1961) and Charlotte Bray’s Making Arrangements (2012). In Elena Langer's Four Sisters, the three daughters of a deceased Manhattan business tycoon dream of spending his fortune, but their plans prove premature. This marks the world premiere of Langer’s chamber version of this comedy.

Making Arrangements was commissioned and produced by Tête à Tête Productions Ltd and first performed at Riverside Studios on 2nd August 2012. 

 A HAUNTING TALE, A DOMESTIC DRAMA AND A COMIC SATIRE

 This Spring, in the Linbury Theatre, the Jette Parker Artists present a thought-provoking collection of short chamber operas. The Departure by Elizabeth Maconchy features two characters, Julia and her husband Mark, as they prepare for a funeral with a devastating revelation at its core. Charlotte Bray’s Making Arrangements tells a poignant and dramatic tale in which infidelity and inattention have prompted the fracturing of a relationship. Lastly, composer Elena Langer’s irreverent and mischievous Four Sisters is a comic gem depicting three sisters’ shameless dreams of wealth following the death of their father.