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Private John Ball and his comrades in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers are posted to the Somme. In Mametz Wood they enter a strange realm - outside of time, dream-like but deadly. Rather than simply reporting the horrors of the Somme, In Parenthesis dares to offer hope. Even here amongst the destruction, a fragile flowering of regeneration and re-birth can be found. Bell's beautiful score combines traditional Welsh song with moments of otherworldliness, terror, humour and transcendence. David Pountney's period production is both an evocation and a commemoration of the events of the Somme.

Creatives/Company

Music: Iain Bell
Lyrics(s): David Antrobus, Emma Jenkins

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Archive listings for In Parenthesis (2016)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

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New. In Parenthesis is young British composer Iain Bell's adaptation of the epic poem by Welsh poet, writer and artist David Jones. In Parenthesis is commissioned by the Nicholas John Trust with 14-18 NOW, the UK cultural programme to commemorate World War I. Sung in English with surtitles in Welsh and EnglishProducer Welsh National Opera. Conductor Carlo Rizzi. Director David Pountney. Design Robert Innes Hopkins. Lighting Malcolm Rippeth. Performer Andrew Bidlack (Private Ball). Performer Peter Coleman-Wright (Bard of Brittannia / HQ Officer). Performer Alexandra Deshorties (Bard of Germania / Alice the Barmaid / The Queen of the Woods). Performer George Humphreys (Lieutenant Jenkins). Performer Marcus Farnsworth (Lance Corporal Lewis). Performer Mark Le Brocq (Sergeant Snell). Performer Donald Maxwell (Dai Great Coat). Performer Graham Clark (The Marne Sergeant).
29 Jun 16 to 1 Jul 16Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L443068248
10 Jun 16Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145
listing details L01034668069
13 May 16 to 3 Jun 16Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935
listing details L1491035542

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