Silent Opera @ Trinity Quay

Silent Opera @ Trinity Quay. Boat from The Eye past O2 to warehouse on river. Watch full performance of L'Orfeo with headphones. Great. 9/10

Well. This is the highlight of my arts year so far. Looking for something unconventional, high quality and entertaining go to this.

Our ticket included a Thames clipper transfer from Festival Pier in the centre of London along the Thames past the illuminated city, canary wharf, greenwich and the O2. Our destination was a warehouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf.

So what is silent opera? Opera singers miked up sing with the assistance of a small live band but the benefit of a full orchestras recording as backing. All three are mixed and broadcast wirelessly to the audience who listen using headsets. That in itself was novel enough but the staging of this montevierdi classic made it more so. With the audience in the performance space the action takes place all around you. They even manage to move the audience through three imaginative sets and and allow them to decide the fete of L'Orfeo at the end.