Masque of Vengeance | The Music Troupe (chamber opera company)

“Would all those there were turned into a corpse!"

Adapted from The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton (1606), this brand new chamber opera is set in a dystopian underworld of criminality, lust and murder.

Vindicio is an avenging young man whose alter ego is a procuress, a madam who acts as a go-between for power-hungry thugs targetting Vindicio's own sister. So begins this saga of revenge which is over 400 years old - but which suggests nothing very much has changed. Everything comes to a head in the masked dance of the final scene during which the ruling elite are slaughtered - but no one is blameless. A superb cast of 9 singers accompanied by a virtuosic piano duo will bring to life this bloodthirsty farce of an opera.

Since 2014, The Music Troupe’s annual productions have featured the art of ‘beautiful singing’ in contemporary musical dramas which are tailored, not trimmed, to an intimate experience. Edward Lambert began his career at the Royal Opera House and has since written 18 chamber operas as well as stage works for schools and communities, vocal and instrumental works.

Performance lasts about 1'20"