Prototype Festival: Trade / Mary Motorhead
$35+
- Naomi Louisa O'Connell, mezzo-soprano
- Kyle Bielfield, tenor
- Marc Kudisch
A powerful double bill by Irish composer Emma O’Halloran.
In the compelling monodrama Mary Motorhead, a convicted murderer invites us to hear her secret history – the disappointments and betrayals that shaped her life – in the hope that it may shine some light upon the darkness of her actions. Mezzo-soprano Naomi Louisa O'Connell stars as the woman pushed to the edge by circumstance, now finding the road back to herself.
Trade is the story of a rent boy and his closeted client in working-class Dublin, both trapped within their own lives. Meeting secretly in a cheap hotel, they wrestle with their own inner demons and their need for each other. Three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch, star of LA Opera's Wonderful Town and anatomy theater, portrays a family man whose world is crumbling apart, with international recording artist Kyle Bielfield as a young hustler determined to take charge of his future.
*The performance on January 8 will be followed by an artist conversation.
World Premiere production by Beth Morrison Projects and Irish National Opera, in association with Trinity Church Wall Street.
Produced by Beth Morrison Projects. Co-commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, Irish National Opera, Trinity Church Wall Street, and Nancy & Barry Sanders. Additional production support was provided by Virginia B. Toulmin Charitable Foundation, Antonia & Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund,Inc, Elizabeth Greenberg, Culture Ireland, and Charlotte Isaacs.
About Naomi Louisa O'Connell, mezzo-soprano
About Kyle Bielfield, tenor
Tenor Kyle Bielfield is an international recording artist and performer.
https://www.bielfield.com/