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Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet

20/12/2012

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Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet from the 2012 Wexford Festival.

Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet. Set in rural Switzerland, it tells of ruined livelihoods, a feuding farming community and lovestruck youngsters.

In the 150th anniversary year of the birth of Delius, a rare opportunity to hear one of his most highly rated stage works in a recent production from the 2012 Wexford Festival. A Village Romeo and Juliet contains some of Delius's finest music, including The Walk to the Paradise Garden, and reinterprets a dark novella by the Swiss nineteenth-century novelist Gottfried Keller. Farmers Manz and Marti row over a patch of unclaimed land between their farms, whilst all is harmony between their grown-up children Sali and Vreli who fall fatally in love. Plus, at just before 4pm, another great setting of English words.

Presented by Louise Fryer

Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet

Manz ..... Quentin Hayes (baritone),
Marti ..... Andrew Greenan (baritone),
Sali, Manz's son ..... John Bellemer (tenor),
Vreli, Marti's daughter ..... Jessica Muirhead (soprano),
The Dark Fiddler ..... David Stout (baritone),
First Peasant ..... Jamie Rock (baritone),
Second Peasant ..... Cozmin Sime (baritone),
First Peasant Woman ..... Eleanor Lyons (soprano),
Second Peasant Woman ..... Angharad Morgan (soprano),
Third Peasant Woman ..... Catia Moreso (soprano),
Gingerbread Girl ..... Iria Perestrelo (soprano),
Wheel of Fortune Woman ..... Maria Miro (soprano),
Cheap Jewellery Woman ..... Mae Heydorn (mezzo-soprano),
Merry-go-round Man ..... Owen Webb (baritone),
Slim Girl ..... Hannah Sawle (soprano),
Wild Girl ..... Kate Symonds Joy (mezzo-soprano),
Poor Horn Player ..... Daniel Joy (tenor),
Hunchbacked Bass Player ..... Simon Robinson (bass),
Showman ..... Leonel Pinheiro,
Shooting Gallery Man ..... Thomas Faulkner,
Second Bargee ..... Adam Gilbert,
Third Bargee ..... Patrick Hyland,

Wexford Opera Chorus,
Wexford Opera Orchestra,
Rory MacDonald (conductor).

3.50pm
Hamilton Harty: Ode to a Nightingale
Ailish Tynan (soprano),
Ulster Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford (conductor).


Little-known fact: the 'Paradise Garden' is actually a pub.

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