Mary Motorhead/Trade
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Mary Motorhead/Trade

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Two riveting one-act operas.

Dynamic Irish composer Emma O’Halloran (pictured) has turned two of her uncle Mark O’Halloran’s plays into a critically acclaimed opera double bill.

MARY MOTORHEAD

Mary has been locked up after stabbing her husband in the head with a 12-inch carving knife. She reveals aspects of her background that shaped her nature and limited her life choices – her “secret history”.

TRADE

An encounter between a young man and his middle-aged client in a seedy hotel room exposes a painful portrait of power dynamics and vulnerabilities in an unequal relationship.

Contains themes of an adult nature.