Renard and Mavra: Glyndebourne (0)
10/02/10 •
“The two together made 45 minutes of bliss, though with imposing moments or more of ritual.”
Michael Tanner, The Spectator
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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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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”
Tales from Japan Part 4: The Art of Banraku and Kabuki (0)
7/19/09 •
‘At first, I was shocked to hear that, at Kabukiza, they only run through a play twice before a performance, a stark contrast to the weeks of rehearsal which opera demands….This made me realize that actors in Kabuki (and Noh) must have a broader understanding of the theatre than most straight theatre and opera performers because…the Kabuki actor does it all himself”
