‘Moments of real drama and of beautiful music… Chloë Allison and Anna-Luise Wagner deliver Bellini’s music as if born to sing early nineteenth-century opera.’ – Plays to See
Romeo and Love have been a pretty dysfunctional team for a long time. Rosaline… that didn’t go so well. Maybe Juliet will finally be the one, if Love can exercise some self-control and rein in her penchant for chaos. But desire and egotism are dangerous bedfellows: Juliet struggles desperately amid powerful currents of coercion and manipulation. A noble passion to heal age-old rifts? Perhaps not.
Marginalia irreverently combines Shakespeare's timeless words with intoxicating melodies from Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. A newly devised and fully staged fusion of theatre and opera, bringing you star-crossed lovers as never before.
Created and performed by graduates and fellows of Mountview, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, and University of Cambridge.
Love – Rebecca Hare
Juliet – Anna-Luise Wagner
Romeo – Chloë Allison
Director – Eleanor Burke
Creator – Chloë Allison
Pianist – Luke Fitzgerald
Running time c. 70 minutes, without interval. COVID-19 safety measures will be in place.
Performed in English and Italian with English surtitles. For translations and more information, take a look at our digital programme booklet.
