Details

In The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit, Gerald Barry turns Handel's oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth on its head. A trapped Beauty has to choose between the somewhat distant rewards of Time and the more immediate delights of Pleasure. From the sober allegory Barry and his librettist Meredity Oakes fashion a frenetic, absurdist adventure of great precision, virtuosity and wit. The production is preceded by a prologue taken from the Handel Oratorio. Commissioned by Poolbeg Productions for Channel 4 television and broadcast in 1996.

Cast/Performers

Emmanuelle Haim (Handel), Andrew Watts (Pleasure), William Purefoy (Truth), Christopher Lemmings (Beauty), Roderick Williams (Deceit), Stephen Richardson (Time)

Creatives/Company

Music: Gerald Barry
Lyrics: Meredith Oakes
Producer(s): Almeida Aldeburgh Opera, Berliner Festwochen (in association with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
Conductor(s): Thomas Ades, Richard Baker (July 4th)
Director: Nigel Lowery
Design: Nigel Lowery

The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T01651632727. Details of all The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S02100601528

Archive Listings

27 Jun 02 to 4 Jul 02	Almeida at King's Cross Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
7 Jun 02 to 23 Jun 02	Snape Maltings Concert Hall Aldeburgh, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive

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