Inferno: Mahogany and Aurora (0)
12/03/09 •
Mahogany is teaming up again with Aurora Orchestra to present a semi-staged performance of Berio’s Laborintus II
- a work for singers, tape, narrator and ensemble – as part of Mahogany’s Towards A New Movement project. Written for the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Laborintus II inspires a programme which arcs from medieval troubadour music beloved of [...]
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Kasper Hauser: RSAMD (0)
12/03/09 •
Kaspar Hauser – Child of Europe
World Premiere
Rory Boyle Composer
Dilys Rose Librettist
Derek Clark Conductor
Frederic Wake-Walker Director
Anna Jones Designer
Mark Doubleday Lighting Designer
Saturday 20, Monday 22, Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 March
7.15pm
New Athenaeum Theatre
“Here lies Kaspar Hauser, riddle of his time. His birth was unknown, his death mysterious.”
In 2006 Composer Rory Boyle won a Creative Scotland Award to write an opera about the [...]
Towards A New Movement: Mahogany (0)
12/01/09 •
Mahogany recently held a two week research and development workshop at the Jerwood Space to explore Berio’s Laborintus II and Blacher’s Abstrakte Oper Nr 1, drawing together singers and dancers from various backgrounds and experimenting with new lighting technology that tracks the sound and movement of performers.
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The Little Sweep: Jubilee Opera (0)
12/01/09 •
The sixtieth anniversary performance of Benjamin Britten’s Let’s Make An Opera (The Little Sweep) at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 14, 15 November 2009.
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Tales from Japan Part 1: Before Embarking on the Journey (0)
6/29/09 •
“I went to Japan to learn more about Zeami and Noh and to use that knowledge in my own work with opera”
