A Deep Black Sleep

A film-noir opera for tenor, chamber ensemble, and masked characters that blurs the boundaries between cinematic and live performance.

A composer caught between artistic values and political expediency in a threatening authoritarian climate.
An opera about the creation of an opera.

Libretto – Alan Mauritz Swanson
Voice – Tyrone Landau
Direction, Lighting & Design – Slavisa Drobnjakovic & Constantine Koukias
Music Director – Donald Bate
Lighting, Projection & Surveillance Camera Consultant – Jason James
Musicians / Mask Characters – Derek Grice, Konrad Park, Julius Schwing, Hayato Simpson and Gabriella Smart
Surveillance Cameraman – Arjan Kok
Sound Consultant – Greg Gurr
Wardrobe & Costume Advisor – Elizabeth Monaghan
Headless Coat Costumier – Srecko Dimitrijevic & Slavisa Drobnjakovic
Mask Fabricators – Churchill Studios
Production Manager – Ivan Johnston

Film Sequences Director – Slavisa Drobnjakovic
Director of Photography – Aleksandar Mijailovic
Editors – Mihajlo Jevtic & Ferdy Roozen
Costume Design – Slavisa Drobnjakovic
T – Tyrone Landau
Clock Man – Ivo Raposo Dos Santos
Headless Man – Ilija Surla
Tailor – Felix Kalkman
Young Couple – Ilija Surla & Susanne Maenen
School Teacher – Alda Alispahic
Children – Emma Kalkman, Fleur Harmsen, Jana Galanoic, Tess Boers, Soledad Montenegro
Piano Accordion – Dennis Munoz Espadina

Produced by Fondation IHOS Amsterdam, Mona Foma Australia, Slavisa Drobnjakovic