This Halloween, Gothic Opera will transform the Round Chapel into an enchanted forest full of mysterious magical creatures, as they bring the operas Le Loup-garou (The Werewolf) and Le dernier sorcier (The Last Sorcerer) to life for the first time in the UK. Fresh from success in the Opera Production category at the Off-West End Awards (with Gounod’s La Nonne sanglante), Gothic Opera are continuing their mission to inspire people to come and experience rarely-heard operas in atmospheric, evocative locations. This year’s performance promises to shed new light upon the unjustly neglected work of the nineteenth-century female composers Louise Bertin and Pauline Viardot.

Gothic Opera is working with some of the brightest upcoming singers in London to bring these dark fairytale operas to life. They will be joined by a predominantly female creative team, including stage directors Eleanor Burke, part of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker 2022 intake, who will direct Le Loup-garou, and Edwina Strobl, who will direct Le dernier sorcier. Featuring newly-written dialogue – which brings the operas up to date while responding to the humour of the original – and with a stellar creative team and cast of brilliant, passionate musicians, Gothic Opera’s 2022 production is set to challenge audiences to experience something brand new this Halloween.

Gothic Opera presents a double bill of forgotten operas by female French nineteenth-century composers

Le Loup-garou (the Werewolf) by Louise Bertin

+ Le dernier sorcier (The Last Sorcerer) by Pauline Viardot

27th October - 1st November 2022

The Round Chapel, Hackney

Fore more info and to book tickets: www.gothicopera.co.uk/doublebill2022