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Performance

VenueRoyal Opera House
Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From29th June 2016
To1st July 2016
WhenJun 29, Jul 1 at 19:30
Royal Opera House (V377)
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Production Changes

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  • Date of change: 6 Apr 16 - T333677894
  • Date of change: 20 Apr 15 - T333677894

In Parenthesis

In Parenthesis

Work:: In Parenthesis (S0806362503)

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.
Music Iain Bell
Lyrics David Antrobus
Lyrics Emma Jenkins

Production:: (T333677894)

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 English
Producer 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)

Listing:: L443068248




Production details

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 English

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