The Freedom Game received its premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2015.
It is a large-scale community opera for over 1000 performers aged 7-70 years of age, three professional opera singers, massed choirs and an orchestra of 100 young players and pros. It was commissioned to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.
ACT 1 Battle Dance Sequence:
Highlights:
ACT 1: Call to Prayer and battle (full version):
Music: Hannah Conway
Libretto: Sir Richard Stilgoe
Conductor: Tim Murray
Director: Karen Gillingham
Designer: Rhiannon Newman-Brown
Producer: Richard Mallett
Commissioner: Surrey Arts