
Ghost Patrol
A co-commission and co-production between Music Theatre Wales and Scottish Opera
Music: Stuart MacRae
Libretto: Louise Welsh
Ghost Patrol recounts the fall-out after heavy-drinking landlord Alasdair discovers that a homeless thief he has apprehended in his pub is someone he knows, Sam, who had been in the same army platoon as him. It was co-commissioned by Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales for the 50th birthday celebrations of Scottish Opera.
The Production
First Performance:
Thursday 27 September 2012 – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Ghost Patrol won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera in 2013.
Credits
Cast & Characters
Vicki – Jane Harrington
Sam – Nicholas Sharratt
Alasdair – James McOran-Campbell
Pre-recorded voices – Marie Claire Breen, Jonathan Cooke, Ross McInroy, Shuna Scott Sendall
Film Actors – Ian Brooke, James Cameron, Zaynah Iyyaz, Finlay MacMillan
Creative Team
Conductor – Michael Rafferty
Director – Matthew Richardson
Designer – Samal Blak
Lighting Designer – Ace McCarron
Video Designer – Tim Reid
Flight Director – Raymond Short
Reviews
“Stuart MacRae’s three-hander about the scars of war, to a libretto by Louise Welsh, does everything modern opera is supposed to do: it asks questions, stirs the imagination, challenges complacency, grabs the heart. Oh, and it renews the art form, too. You come out feeling different – about love, life and death.”
The Financial Times on Ghost Patrol September 2012
“This is morality play and domestic drama in one, spiced with crime, passion and punishment: very operatic.”
Opera Magazine