October 7th – 9th 2016
Creative Team
Miriam Charney,Vocal Coach
Brian Daurelle, Vocal Pianist
Benjamin Grow, Music/Orchestra Prep Conductor
Commissioned by LOD muziektheater & Festival d’Aix en Provence.
Opera programming at NS is supported in part by a generous gift from Alberto Cribiore.
About the opera
The House Taken Over by composer Vasco Mendonça and librettist Sam Holcroft
An opera based on the 1946 short story by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar featuring a score by composer Vasco Mendonça. It tells the story of a brother and sister living together in their ancestral home which is being “taken over” by unknown entities. Directed by Artist-in-Residence RB Schlather, The House Taken Over starts in a realist manner, slowly introducing a scene in which natural laws are distorted within a unique 4-D set.














