An opera in three acts
Libretto by ANTHONY WARD
Music by David Blake
An English National Opera production direct from the London Coliseum
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS
chorus-master KENNETH CLEVELAND
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by MARK ELDER
Producer DAVID POUNTNEY
The action takes place in the French colony of Saint Domingue (Haiti) and in France, between 1791 and 1803.
Act 1