Annabel will be performing the role of ‘Minsk Woman’ in Jonathan Dove’s ‘Flight’ as part of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio.

Jonathan Dove Flight
April de Angelis Libretto

Michael Rosewell conductor
Jeremy Sams director
Nicky Shaw designer
James Whiteside lighting designer

Acclaimed director Jeremy Sams presents a new production of Jonathan Dove's breakthrough opera – a portrait of the human experience in the least likely of operatic settings.

A refugee and an immigration officer, a diplomat and his pregnant wife, an older woman awaiting her younger fiancé, and a married couple in a rut – this somewhat motley crew are brought together as they wait for a delayed flight. As a storm rages overhead, the passengers' stories unfold around the refugee who is stranded there. This poignant story is based on the experiences of Iranian refugee Mehran Nasseri, who would also inspire Steven Spielberg's The Terminal six years later.