Music director and cocreator Manoj Kamps about the opera The Shell Trial Dutch National Opera

The Shell Trial Opera. The Shell Trial 2324 Dutch National Opera Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins's "The Shell Trial," which premiered at the Dutch National Opera on Saturday, is written for a cast of principal singers, an ensemble of dancers, a children's. This topical opera, at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet, shows that the climate crisis is, above all, a crisis of responsibility.

Composer Ellen Reid and co-directors Gable and Romy Roelofsen speak about their new opera, which dramatises a 2021 court case brought by Dutch citizens against the oil company Shell. It presents a range of voices and perspectives in the climate crisis, with the complexity of the case becoming increasingly clear during the opera.

The Shell Trial 2324 Dutch National Opera

The Pulitzer Prize-winning sound artist based her new opera on the play De zaak Shell by Rebekka de Wit and Anoek Nuyens, which premiered in 2020 and caused a stir on the Dutch and international stage. The Shell Trial is based on the play The Shell Case by Rebekka de Wit and Anoek Nuyens, which premiered in 2020 and caused a stir on the Dutch and international stage Composer Ellen Reid and co-directors Gable and Romy Roelofsen speak about their new opera, which dramatises a 2021 court case brought by Dutch citizens against the oil company Shell.

Componist Ellen Reid ‘In elk verhaal zit licht, al is het maar om ergens een schaduw op te. It presents a range of voices and perspectives in the climate crisis, with the complexity of the case becoming increasingly clear during the opera. In 2021, oil giant Shell was held legally responsible for its role in climate change

Recensie The Shell Trial door De Nationale Opera, Het Geluid Maastricht Theaterkrant. Just a couple of weeks before the appeal hearing was due to take place, Amsterdam's Opera Forward Festival premiered a new opera written by the composer Ellen Reid and librettist Roxie Perkins based on this case, called "The Shell Trial." Who is Responsible for Carbon Emissions? Ellen Reid is composer in residence of The Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra this season