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Performance

VenueGrand Theatre and Opera House
Also: Howard Assembly Room
TownLeeds
CountyWest Yorkshire
From26th May 2023
To4th June 2023
WhenMay 26, 30, Jun 1, 3 at 19:00. Sun 14:30
Grand Theatre and Opera House (V975)
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  • Date of change: 29 Mar 23 - T1036125593
  • Date of change: 9 Mar 22 - T1036125593

Requiem

Work:: Requiem (S182838446)


Production:: (T1036125593)

In Latin with English titles. When, in the spring of 1791, Mozart accepted an anonymous commission for a Requiem Mass, he had no way of knowing that this was to be the last music he would ever write. By the end of the year he was dead, not yet 36 years old, the Requiem left unfinished. What he bequeathed the world is a work that confronts our mortality in music of unearthly beauty. In Opera North's latest collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre, Dane Hurst (West Side Story Symphonic Dances) directs and choreographs a new version of the Requiem alongside a new work created with guest artists from South Africa. In this cross-cultural production, Phoenix and performing artists from South Africa will join forces with the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Garry Walker in a unique response to the grief experienced by so many around the world during the pandemic.
Company Opera North
Company Phoenix Dance
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Garry Walker
Director Dane Hurst
Choreographer Dane Hurst
Design Joanna Parker
Design Peter Mumford
Performer Ellie Laugharne (soprano)
Performer Ann Taylor (tenor)
Performer Simon Shibambu (bass)

Listing:: L1523544824




Production details

In Latin with English titles. When, in the spring of 1791, Mozart accepted an anonymous commission for a Requiem Mass, he had no way of knowing that this was to be the last music he would ever write. By the end of the year he was dead, not yet 36 years old, the Requiem left unfinished. What he bequeathed the world is a work that confronts our mortality in music of unearthly beauty. In Opera North's latest collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre, Dane Hurst (West Side Story Symphonic Dances) directs and choreographs a new version of the Requiem alongside a new work created with guest artists from South Africa. In this cross-cultural production, Phoenix and performing artists from South Africa will join forces with the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Garry Walker in a unique response to the grief experienced by so many around the world during the pandemic.

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