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Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	3rd November 2012
To	3rd November 2012
When	14:00, 19:00
Prices	From £15.00. To £25.00.
Barbican Centre (V371)
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Date of change: 1 Nov 12 - T1942433954

Where the Wild Things Are/Higglety Pigglety Pop! - An Opera Double Bill by Oliver Knussen

Work:: Where the Wild Things Are/Higglety Pigglety Pop! (S0678932283)

Oliver Knussen changed the parameters of British opera with his two picture-book stage works Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! These colourful and opulent creations were inspired by the drawings of Maurice Sendak, whose deeply-felt stories for children have enchanted generations. Knussen's scores, beautifully complex and yet always touching and involving, are performed by the Britten Sinfonia and a cast of talented, versatile singers. Specially commissioned multimedia stagings by Netia Jones will see singers, orchestra and projections come together in a joyous celebration of these fun, spontaneous and utterly unreal operatic gems.

Author

Oliver Knussen

Production:: An Opera Double Bill by Oliver Knussen (T1942433954)

Multimedia Staged Concert. Age guidance 7+

Company	Britten Sinfonia
Conductor	Ryan Wigglesworth
Director	Netia Jones
Design	Netia Jones
Lyrics	Maurice Sendak
Performer	Claire Booth (Max - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Susan Bickley (Mama / Voice of Tzippy - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Christopher Lemmings (Moishe - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Graeme Broadbent (Emil - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Jonathan Gunthorpe (Aaron - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Graeme Danby (Bernard - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Charlotte McDougall (Tzippy - Where the Wild Things Are)
Performer	Lucy Schaufer (Jennie - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)
Performer	Susanna Andersson (The Potted Plant / Baby - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)
Performer	Claire Booth (Rhoda / Voice of Baby's Mother - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)
Performer	Christopher Lemmings (Cat-Milkman / High Voice of the Ash Tree - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)
Performer	Graeme Danby (Pig-in-Sandwich-Boards - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)
Performer	Graeme Broadbent (Lion / Low Voice of Ash Tree - Higglety Pigglety Pop!)

Listing:: L1936208468

An Opera Double Bill by Oliver Knussen

Multimedia Staged Concert. Age guidance 7+

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