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Anthropocene

Work details

Libretto by Louise Welsh


Cast: 2Sop/Mez/2Ten/Bar/BBar/Bass  

Orchestration: 2(II=picc/afl).2(I,II=obd’A,corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=cbn)-2.2.2.0-perc(2)-harp-strings(10.8.6.6.4 / minimum 5.4.3.2.2)

Duration c.120'

Commissioned and premiered by Scottish Opera  (2019)

Further productions at Theater Bielefeld (2023) and Salzburger Landestheater (sched. 2024)

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Jennifer France as Ice

Video clips

Anthropocene - the emergence of Ice

The crew of the Anthropocene have discovered something strange in the ice. When they decide to break the block of ice open, it changes things for ever.

Anthropocene - end of Act 1

Vasco, trying to fix the ship's comms system, makes a fatal discovery.

The making of...

Louise Welsh and Stuart MacRae talk about the origins of Anthropocene.

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