Curlew River: Mahogany
Tour to Blythburgh, Southwark Cathedral, Long Melford and Burnham Thorpe August 2006
“This is Mahogany Opera’s third production since their inception in 2003, and there is every reason to expect great things from them in the future. One of their stated aims is to give young professional singers an opportunity to perform, which is worthy in itself; but how much more so when, like Curlew River, the production is so assured and compelling…Director/producer Frederic Wake-Walker has pulled off quite a coup.”
Opera Now
“Mahogany Opera’s Director and Producer Frederic Wake-Walker grasped these disparate threads and welded them together to deliver one of the most memorable evenings of music drama that I have ever been priviliged to attend.”
On an Overgrown Path Blogspot
“Mahogany Opera is a very talented company, and Curlew River is a very ambitious project for such a youthful troupe. However, at the conclusion of the performance, those who’d been listening with eyes closed off and on throughout broke into instant rapturous applause. Seasoned opera buffs were sure to respond in kind. But perhaps the real art of Mahogany Opera’s mindfully detailed production of this unusual piece lays in the fact that it still manages to come across as an extremely compelling experience, even for those whose ears and eyes are not acclimatised to its musical score and influences.”
Mary Couzens Extra! Extra!
