A brand-new opera, created with and for the people of Jersey, has its opening night this evening (26 March).
'Held in the Tide' is the culmination of a year-long collaboration between world-class opera-makers and eight islanders aged 18-30.
It will be performed by Jersey-born professionals alongside a community chorus in everyday language (with a touch of Jèrriais), designed to be the 'perfect entry point' for opera.
The chorus is led by Jersey-born mezzo-soprano Georgia Mae Bishop.
Arcadia Lockhart is one of the islanders with an interest in performing arts, who auditioned for and was chosen to be part of the performance:
"It's been an amazing opportunity, and I've been really supported by the producers, members of the chorus and the orchestra.
"Everyone involved is so, so lovely.
"It's been amazing going into the Opera House with it all being done up. It looks so nice and is fresh and new, and to have a new opera there is just amazing.
"Everyone's idea of opera is sometimes inaccessible, and there are little bits of more modern things, for example, me being a TikTok girl, that's not something you would have in an old-fashioned opera."
It follows two islanders: Lillie, a geologist returning home after years away, and Frances, a local artist who never left.
It has been commissioned and produced by ArtHouse Jersey, and will be staged at Jersey Opera House on 26 and 27 March.
Tickets are £20, and can be purchased here.
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