Marnie
Daughter. Liar. Wife. Thief.
Metropolitan Opera,
New York
English National Opera,
London
She has been running for so long, no one knows the real Marnie, least of all herself.
Marnie is a compelling psychological thriller set in England during the late 1950s. A young woman makes her way through life by embezzling from her employers, before she moves on and changes her identity. When her current boss Mark Rutland catches her red-handed, he blackmails her into a loveless marriage. Marnie is left with no choice but to confront the hidden trauma from her past.
After opening at the English National Opera, London in November 2017, the production made its American premiere in October 2018 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with mezzo soprano Isabel Leonard playing the role of Marnie.
“An outstanding achievement”
“See it, be touched by it, come out thinking about it.”
CREDITS
Music
Nico Muhly
Libretto
Nicholas Wright
Conductor
Robert Spano
Director
Michael Mayer
Set and Projection Design
59 Productions
Julian Crouch
Costume Designer
Arianne Phillips
Lighting Designer
Kevin Adams
Choreographer
Lynne Page
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera
Co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Based on the Novel by Winston Graham
By Special Arrangement with Universal Pictures
59 TEAM
Lead Animator
Lawrence Watson
Animators
Edd Stockton
Georgia Clegg
Assistant Designers
Dale Croft
Matthew Taylor
Design Intern
Felix Green
Programmer
Jonathon Lyle and Brad Peterson
Technical Associate
Maximilien Spielbichler
Technical Assistant
Ian Syme
Technical Intern
David Callanan