Organization

Stage director

Zoe Ní Riordáin

Set designer

Zia Bergin-Holly

Lighting designer

John Gunning

Costume designer

Clodagh Deegan

Choreographer

Eddie Kay

Singer

Sharon Carty

Mezzo soprano

Amy Ní Fhearraigh

Soprano

Conductor

Elaine Kelly

Opera Theatre Company

Orchestra

Irish National Opera Orchestra

Irish National Opera

Others

Meath Instrumental Ensemble

Music Generation Kildare

Music Generation Meath Youth Chorus

Music Generation Kildare & Music Generation Meath Youth Chorus

English

Horse Ape Bird

Maynooth

Ireland

Aula Maxima, St Patrick’s College

Navan

Solstice Arts Centre

Horse Ape Bird Coonan

Public

Approved

Can a horse do maths?

Can an ape learn sign language?

Can a parrot have a concept of the colour blue?

David Coonan and Dylan Coburn Gray’s new youth opera, with its chorus of teenagers, asks the question: Are animals animals because they lack something we possess, or vice versa? Ambitious, playful, thoughtful, weird, Horse Ape Bird is for anyone who has ever wondered if their dog loves them back.

Horse Ape Bird by Coonan, From (2022/2022), Directed by Zoe Ní Riordáin,, Conductor Elaine Kelly, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues