Title: The Trial
Date: Friday 10th October-Monday 10th November 2014
Type: Opera
Company: Music Theatre Wales
Location: UK Tour
Composer: Philip Glass
Librettist: Christopher Hampton
Conductor: Michael Rafferty
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Cast

Josef K.: Johnny Herford
Guard 1 (Franz)/Block: Michael Bennett
Guard 2 (Willem)/Usher/Clerk of the Court/Priest: Nicholas Folwell
Inspector/Uncle: Michael Druiett
Frau Grubach/Washerwoman (Wife of Court Usher): Rowan Hellier
Fräulein Bürstner/Leni: Amanda Forbes
Magistrate/Assistant/Lawyer Huld: Gwion Thomas
Titorelli/Flogger/Student (Berthold): Paul Curievici

Musicians

Violin:
Miranda Fulleylove

Viola:
Rose Redgrave

Cello:
Tim Lowe

Double Bass:
Kenneth Knussen

Flute/Piccolo:
Joanna Shaw

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Peter Sparks

Oboe/Cor Anglais:
Lauren Weavers

Trumpet:
Torbjörn Hultmark

Horn:
Richard Bayliss

Bass Trombone:
Emma Hodgson

Percussion:
Julia Warburton

Piano/Celeste:
Ian Ryan

Crew

For The Trial

Director: Michael McCarthy
Designer: Simon Banham
Lighting Designer: Ace McCarron
Répétiteur: Ian Shaw

Company and Orchestra Manager: Rebecca Drysdale
Production Manager: Ian Buchanan
Deputy Stage Manager: Gwennan Taylor
Assistant Stage Managers: Tafara Takavarasha, Danial Thatcher
Technical Stage Manager: Richard Balshaw
Stage Crew: John Kirk, Rob Hall

Notes

Venues Visited: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Friday 10th October-Saturday 18th October); Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (Wednesday 22nd October); Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Tuesday 28th October); Oxford Playhouse (Monday 3rd November); The Anvil, Basingstoke (Tuesday 4th November); Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (Friday 7th November); Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales (Sunday 9th November), Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Monday 10th November)