RED! Opera
Watch the full show HERE
Barefoot Opera's production of Red! at
The Stade, Hastings UK, July 2021
Lucy’s opera RED! is an interactive experience for children - introducing them to the world of opera - storytelling, music, drama, movement!
Some parts of the opera are unwritten, so that the children themselves create soundscapes and words which are interwoven with existing songs.
Red! is for 8 - 10 year olds to perform alongside professional opera singers and musicians.
By mid 2025, 1000+ children will have sung in Lucy's opera over 15 performances in the UK and Aotearoa NZ
Red! continues her journey in 2025 across E Sussex with Barefoot Opera, culminating in a performance at the Royal Opera House London in late March.
It was commissioned by Barefoot Opera UK in 2019 and had its first performance at Robsack Wood Primary Academy in Hastings UK with 50 children in March 2020 (just before the pandemic hit - PHEW)!
In August 2021 Red! was performed by 350+ children, a 20-piece orchestra and 3 professional singers in Wellington, New Zealand. This was a co-production between New Zealand Opera and Orchestra Wellington and featured children from 5 local primary schools. This performance was recorded by Radio New Zealand and SOUNZ. A pilot performance took place in December 2020 at Kelburn Primary School in Wellington with 40 children.
Barefoot Opera was revisited in July 2021 by Barefoot Opera with 150+ local children from three local primary schools with a new arrangement for the Barefoot Band. Funding from Arts Council England and Foreshore Trust.