Dutch National Opera
The Sound Voice Project

Dates
21-23 March 2025
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman
Running time
0:30, no interval
Tickets
€ 10

A digital artwork on voice and identity
What does it mean to have a voice? The Sound Voice Project is a compelling work that has the human voice at its heart. Using personal stories of people who have lost the power of speech, it explores the relationship between your voice and your identity.
For this opera installation, the composer Hannah Conway worked with medical experts, professional opera singers and people with first-hand experience of losing the ability to speak. She uses innovative digital voice technology to create a moving experience in which art and science combine to reveal the beauty and fragility of the human voice.
Performance information
Composition Hannah Conway
Libretto Hazel Gould
Video Design Luke Halls
Sound Design David Sheppard
PAUL
Baritone Roderick Williams
Voice Paul Jameson
Violin Rakhi Singh
Piano Hannah Conway
I LEFT MY VOICE BEHIND
Voices Shout At Cancer
Electronics Pug Halliday
Cello Nick Trygstad
TANJA
Soprano Lucy Crowe
Voice Tanja Bage
Violin Marianne Haynes
Cello Nick Trygstad
Piano Hannah Conway