Details

Through music of exceptional beauty, Schubert's Winterreise takes us inside the mind of a rejected lover who travels from the door of his beloved into a frozen landscape of snow-covered roads, hovering crows and deserted villages. Schubert's haunting song cycle, written in 1827-28, the year of his death is one of the masterpieces of the nineteenth century. In this acclaimed production, commissioned last year by New Kent Opera, the character of the love-sick poet wandering through the wintry landscape is taken by a puppet. Accompanied by fortepiano and guitar, the feelings of loss and grief are explored in songs of famous beauty and tenderness.

Cast/Performers

Thomas Guthrie (baritone), Gary Cooper (fortepiano), Matthew Wadsworth (19th Century Guitar)

Creatives/Company

Music: Franz Schubert
Company: The Works
Director: Thomas Guthrie
Design(s): Thomas Guthrie, Mandarava Artwork (Peter Bailley - puppets)
Other: Andrew Overton (animation)