The Skating Rink

An opera by David Sawer and Rory Mullarkey based on a novel by Roberto Bolaño A local civil servants obsession with a beautiful figure skater drives him to embezzle funds to build her a secret ice rink When an unlikely group of characters discovers them tension mounts until a murder on the ice unravels everything Garsington Operas commission The Skating Rink written by leading British composer David Sawer with awardwinning playwright Rory Mullarkey premiered in July 2018 Based on Chilean author Roberto Bolaños novel it tells the thrilling tale of jealousy political corruption and the lengths we go to for the ones we love