The Light Princess
Leeds Conservatoire | The Carriageworks Theatre | 2023
Based on the classic fairytale by George MacDonald, The Light Princess is a brand new composite opera with music from popular operas. Performed in multiple languages with new text by Sophie Gilpin, this production tells the story of a princess cursed from birth who seeks to break the spell set upon her.
Conductor: Tom Newall
Director: Sophie Gilpin
Production & Puppet Designer: Alison Duddle
Lighting Designer: Rachel Sampley
Orchestration: Ben Crick
Princess: Chloe Rigby/Louise Hales
Prince: Jade McLellan/Nathan Booker
King's Sister: Lydia Lythgoe/Charlotte Turner
Witches: Katherine Loftus, Lydia Lythgoe, Charlotte Turner
Queen: Pippa Forbes
King: Nina-Morgan Young
Healers: Elodie Smith, Remi Stevens, Saru Umasuthan, Bethany-Hannah Winteringham
Other princesses: Elizabeth Cunningham, Erin Hornsby, Ella Muschamp, Bethany-Hannah Winteringham
Photographs: Ian Hodgson
