Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	7th December 2002
To	21st December 2002
When	Dec 7 at 18:30, Dec 10, 16, 19, 21 at 19:30
Prices	From £2.00. To £50.00.
Royal Opera House (V377)
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Sophie's Choice - World Premiere

Work:: Sophie's Choice (S01871053631)

Based on the 1979 novel by William Styron. Sophie's Choice is an aching tale of longing and loss, a bittersweet and shockingly intimate look into one woman's soul. The story of the haunted refugee Sophie, is told through the eyes of Stingo, a struggling writer who is as bewitched by Sophie's lovely body as he is intrigued by her elusive past. In an effort to understand her and her troubled, all consuming relationship with her lover, Nathan, Stingo gently peels away the layers of half-truths and self-deceptions with which Sophie has armoured herself. What he discovers encapsulates all the horror of the Nazi regime in one unimaginable act.

Music

Nicholas Maw

Production:: World Premiere (T700896238)

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 in association with the Royal Opera House. Supported (2002) by the Benefactors' Circle. This is the first newly commissioned opera to be performed at Covent Garden since Alexander Goehr's Ariane in 1995, and it will be the first commission to receive its world premiere in the new building. The production will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC4. Sung in English with English surtitles. Approx. running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Supported (2002) by the Benefactors' Circle and Charles P Russell and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

Company	Royal Opera
Director	Trevor Nunn
Conductor	Simon Rattle
Design	Rob Howell
Lighting	Mark Henderson
Performer	Angelika Kirchschlager (Sophie)
Performer	Rodney Gilfry (Nathan)
Performer	Dale Duesing (Narrator)
Performer	Gordon Gietz (Stingo)
Performer	Jorma Silvasti (Rudolph Franz Hoss)
Performer	Alan Opie (Doctor)
Performer	Frances McCafferty (Yetta Zimmerman)
Performer	Stafford Dean (Zbigniew Bieganski)
Performer	Stephanie Friede (Wanda)
Performer	Gillian Knight (Old Woman)
Performer	Quentin Hayes (Larry Landau)
Performer	Adrian Clarke (Librarian)

Listing:: L01375819840

World Premiere

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 in association with the Royal Opera House. Supported (2002) by the Benefactors' Circle. This is the first newly commissioned opera to be performed at Covent Garden since Alexander Goehr's Ariane in 1995, and it will be the first commission to receive its world premiere in the new building. The production will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC4. Sung in English with English surtitles. Approx. running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Supported (2002) by the Benefactors' Circle and Charles P Russell and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

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