RIAM Opera: El gato con botas & L'enfant et les sortilèges

Sinéad O'Neill, director

David Adams and Andrew Synnott, conductors

Kathleen Tynan, artistic producer

Xavier Montsalvatge: El gato con botas (Puss in Boots)
Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges (The Child & the Spells)

Three cats, two princesses, one china cup (broken); an owl, a bat, a nightingale and a frog; trickery ambition, tantrums, spells - RIAM Opera's offering this year has it all. With a total of 26 roles, demanding some very starry singing, this charming double-bill is the perfect musical vehicle to display the wonderful pool of talented singers at the Academy. 

Montsalvatge's El gato con botas is a twinkling gem, a mischievous fairy tale full of luscious, vivid music and frisky characters, whilst Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges offers a touching glimpse of the drama and magic of everyday life for its young protagonist. 

Sung in French and Spanish with English surtitles.