Ella plays the role of The Activist in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial.

Sung in English

Music  Ellen Reid
Libretto  Roxie Perkins; based on the play De zaak Shell by Anoek Nuyens, Rebekka de Wit, Frascati Producties and De Nwe Tijd

Musical direction and co-creation  Manoj Kamps
Stage direction, concept and co-adaptation  Gable Roelofsen and Romy Roelofsen (Het Geluid)
Set design  Davy van Gerven
Costume design  Greta Goiris and Flora Kruppa
Lighting design  Jean Kalman
Video design  Wies Hermans
Choreography  Winston Ricardo Arnon
Movement director ‘Elders’  Nita Liem
Dramaturgy  Willem Bruls, Saar Vandenberghe, Jasmijn van Wijnen

The Government  Claire Barnett-Jones
The Consumer  Anthony León
The Law / The Artist  Lauren Michelle   
The CEO  Audun Iversen             
The Activist  Ella Taylor       
The Climate refugee  Carla Nahadi Babelegoto
The Historian  Jasmin White 
The Weatherman  Erik Slik            
The Elementary School Teacher  Nikki Treurniet
The Pilot  Alexander de Jong
The Fossil Fuel Laborer  Allen Michael Jones
The Field Worker  Yannis François

Elders
Nita Liem
Ingrid Coleridge
Claudia Tjon Soei Len
Twie Tjoa
Francisca Tan
Raymonde Roebana
Beppy Milder
Patrick Altenberg
William Mettendaf
Linda Grootfaam
Anna Azijnman
Anneroos Burger

Children’s chorus
Watermusic Kinderkoor (Muziekschool Waterland), Noord-Hollands selectiekoor, The Shell trial project chorus, B! Music school en Leerorkest Zuidoost

The members of the The Shell trial project chorus have been selected from different schools in Zuidoost, Noord, Nieuw-West and Almere. All these children are part of a participation project led by Het Geluid.

Academists and members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Commission by Dutch National Opera, in co-production with Het Geluid (Maastricht), Opera Philadelphia and Bregenz Festival