ALEXIA PENIGUEL
SONGWRITER + LIBRETTIST



Ursa Minor. Karima El Demerdasch and Biqing Zhang. Milton Court Studio Theatre, London, June 2024.
Photo: Zoe Birkbeck for Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

WORK

Ursa Minor
2024 
Libretto for chamber opera with four singers
Composer: Zygmund de Somogyi
Premiere: Milton Court Studio Theatre, London, UK
20 - 25 June 2024
An opera about grief, puberty and radical empathy. 
As teenage runaway Arthur grieves in a forest over the death of his dog, a young bear cub nearby struggles to comprehend a terrible loss of its own. Amidst the trees, the two must come to terms with their new situation and a harrowing decision must be made as Arthur’s mothers get closer to finding them. 
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