OPERA FOR A DYING WORLD

A few years back I had this image which kept rattling around my head: teenage girls wildly, irreverently, gloriously re-performing the deaths of tragic heroines in opera.

Opera for a Dying World is a bloodthirsty live art opera performed by teenage girls.

A large-scale participatory work about our cultural obsession with beautiful dead women, the end of the world, and what we make in the face of all of it.

Currently in development. Premiering late 2027.

THE TEAM

Created and directed by Louise Orwin

Composer: Jo Paterson - professional composer for film and TV whose work has featured at Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, LFF, SXSW and beyond. Featured on Channel 4, Vice and BBC Four, and named one of Film4's Top 5 Female Film Composers to watch.

Lead Vocals & Librettist: Harriet Pittard aka Zoee - nLondon-based musician described as writing "personal pop for people who don't fit in" (HUCK). Previously released through Ryan Hemsworth's Secret Songs imprint and Vegyn's label Plz Make It Ruins, and guested with SOPHIE and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. Launched her own label SCRAWL WORLD in 2024.

The project is currently supported by Spill Festival, HOME, Theaterhaus G7 Mannheim, and Arts Council England.

We are looking for premiere and development partners for the final phase of development through late 2026 and 2027.

Please email us for more info and a project pack: producer@louiseorwin.com