Can a horse do maths?

Can an ape learn sign language?

Can a parrot have a concept of the colour blue?

David Coonan and Carys Coburn’s youth opera, with its chorus of teenagers, asks the question: Are animals animals because they lack something we possess, or vice versa? Ambitious, playful, thoughtful, Horse Ape Bird is for anyone who has ever wondered if their dog loves them back.

Co-commissioned by Irish National Opera and Music Generation.
Photos by: Ste Murray.