Little England: La Monnaie
Little England: Scenes from a Small Island
Conductor Leo Hussain
Cast from La Chappelle Musicale
La Monnaie, Brussels 26, 28, 29 April 2009
Punch and Judy by Harrison Birtwistle
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley
A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Powder Her Face by Thomas Ades
The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten
Little England set out to explore themes of satire, gossip and scandal and expose the hypocrisy that abides within all strata of society. An underlying world of fairies, witches and puppets watched as small-minded people went about their increasingly ridiculous lives before the entire world was torn apart by grief.
