‘You could have a blow job aria – begins with words, ends with humming.’ Using the story of a public scandal, the librettist Philip Hensher inspired the 23-year-old British composer Thomas Adès to portray the fall of the libertine and notorious socialite beauty the Duchess of Argyll, remembered in history as the Dirty Duchess. Powder Her Face is inspired by a sex scandal in 1963 that shocked the British upper class.
Mariusz Treliński
Director
Allison Cook
Duchess
Peter Coleman-Wright
Hotel Manager/Duke/Laundryman/Other Guest
Kerstin Avemo
Maid/Confidante/Waitress/Mistress/Society Journalist
Leonardo Capalbo
Lounge Lizard/Waiter/Priest/Rubbernecker/Delivery/Electrician
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