The Necklace
Music by Conor Mitchell
Book by Conor Mitchell after Guy de Maupassant
Concert Performance March 2025
The Necklace is a ravishing new musical in development from the Ivor Novello nominated composer, Conor Mitchell, and his Belfast Ensemble.
Interrogating the constructs of media, fame, desire, and all that glitters The Necklace takes Guy de Maupassant’s novella of the same name (La Parure), and brings it sparklingly into 21st Century Paris.
Set against a luscious, emotionally responsive score, The Necklace asks us just what we’ll do to climb the social ladder and what price we’re willing to pay to achieve notoriety in the modern world….can love truly conquer all?
Performance Diary
2025
Lyric Theatre - Belfast
Reviews
“The Necklace is a work of great promise. A musical with hummable tunes and a story filled with angst, consequences and regret”
“The singing was breathtakingly good across the board….a musical drama that is on a par with the best musical theatre has to offer”
Alan Meban - Alan In Belfast
Opera Journal
TRAILER
VOICES
Camille
Gustav
Narrator
Colette
Mme. Forestier
Minister’s Wife/ Countess
Alain
Handsome Stranger
Vernier
Jeweller
Clare Hadwen
Meabh Martin
Danny McCann-Williams
Dervilagh Coooper
Aoife Magee
John Murphy
Elias Rooney
Sian Hetherington
Roger McCann
Andrew Douglas
Eleanor Tinlin
Gillian McCutcheon
Kevin Lawless
Patrick McErlean
Christopher Gough
Jessie Durkan
Nathan Moore
Fionnuala Ward
Tanya Houghton
Ronan McKee
Ciaran Leonard
Christina Bennington
Charlie McCullagh
Ciara Mackey
Brigid Shine
Kara Lane
Chanice Alexander-Burnett
Darren Franklin
Mark Dugdale
Nigel Richards
Tom O’Kelly
MANAGEMENT
Conor Mitchell
Beki Bateson
Alice Malseed
Aoife Magee
Siobhan Barbour
Artistic Director
Executive Consultant
Creative Producer
Orchestral Associate
Administration
STAGING
Credits
Director / Conductor
Assistant Director
Lighting
Sound
Production Manager
Deputy Stage Manager
Technicians
INSTRUMENTS
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Flute / Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet
Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
French Horn
Trombone
Piano
Harp
Percussion
Conor Mitchell
Jonathan Rainey Reid
Mary Tumelty
Ian Vennard
Barry McCuskar
Natalie Murphy
Cal McElwee
Liam Hinchcliffe
Patrick Freeman
Credits
VOICES
Christina Bennington
Charlie McCullagh
Ciara Mackey
Brigid Shine
Kara Lane
Chanice Alexander-Burnett
Darren Franklin
Mark Dugdale
Nigel Richards
Tom O’Kelly
Camille
Gustav
Narrator
Colette
Mme. Forestier
Minister’s Wife/ Countess
Alain
Handsome Stranger
Vernier
Jeweller
INSTRUMENTS
Clare Hadwen
Meabh Martin
Danny McCann-Williams
Dervilagh Coooper
Aoife Magee
John Murphy
Elias Rooney
Sian Hetherington
Roger McCann
Andrew Douglas
Eleanor Tinlin
Gillian McCutcheon
Kevin Lawless
Patrick McErlean
Christopher Gough
Jessie Durkan
Nathan Moore
Fionnuala Ward
Tanya Houghton
Ronan McKee
Ciaran Leonard
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Flute / Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet
Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
French Horn
Trombone
Piano
Harp
Percussion
STAGING
Conor Mitchell
Jonathan Rainey Reid
Mary Tumelty
Ian Vennard
Barry McCuskar
Natalie Murphy
Cal McElwee
Liam Hinchcliffe
Patrick Freeman
Director / Conductor
Assistant Director
Lighting
Sound
Production Manager
Deputy Stage Manager
Technicians
MANAGEMENT
Conor Mitchell
Beki Bateson
Alice Malseed
Aoife Magee
Siobhan Barbour
Artistic Director
Executive Consultant
Creative Producer
Orchestral Associate
Administration
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