Artists

LA Phil New Music Group

Oliver Leith composer

Thomas Adès conductor

GBSR Duo, George Barton and Siwan Rhys

Matt Copson librettist, co-director, and art director

Anna Morrissey co-director

Grace Smart set design

Prema Mehta lighting design

Sound Intermedia sound designer

Agathe Rousselle Blake

Mimi Doulton Delivery Driver and Housemate

Patricia Auchterlonie Superfan

Edmund Danon Housemate

Henry Jenkinson Magician

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Based on the film Last Days written and directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by HBO Films, this new opera plunges into the torment of Kurt Cobain’s final days that created a modern myth.

This performance is generously supported by Raulee Marcus and the Marcus Fund for New Music.

Last Days is a Royal Opera House production, co-commissioned with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, based on the film Last Days written and directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by HBO Films.