Piccard in Space

Jude Kelly directs the World premiere of Will Gregory's debut opera: a classic adventure about the brilliant physicist August Piccard. On a mission to prove Einstein's Theory of Relativity, he takes to the skies with his assistant in an airtight capsule. Travelling to a record-breaking 51,000 feet, they survive being roasted by the sun, toxic balls of mercury and crashing into the Alps. Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble and Kipfer's Cosmic Choir. The cast includes Andrew Shore (Auguste Piccard), Robin Tritschler (Paul Kipfer), Leigh Melrose (Einstein), Nicholas Clapton (Newton), and Mary Plazas (Madame Kipfer). With libretto by Hattie Naylor.