Robert is commissioned by the Irish National Opera for their 20 Shots of Opera series. The short opera will be filmed for release on December 17th 2020.
Robert’s opera titled the Colour Green is inspired by Mark Boyle, ‘the moneyless man’ who gave up technology for a life in rural Galway.
Directed by Hugh O’Conor
Conducted by Fergus Sheil and performed by David Howe with members from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
The 20 Shots of Opera project has been described as the the ‘biggest single-event commissioning project in Irish musical history’.
It will feature works by Gerald Barry, Éna Brennan, Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley, Robert Coleman, David Coonan, Alex Dowling, Peter Fahey, Michael Gallen, Andrew Hamilton, Jenn Kirby, Conor Linehan, Conor Mitchell, Gráinne Mulvey, Emma O’Halloran, Hannah Peel, Karen Power, Evangelia Rigaki, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Jennifer Walshe. All shot in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under conductors Elaine Kelly and Fergus Sheil and a team of directors and designers under series director Hugh O’Conor.
For full details and information on the new season at INO see their website here.