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Hear and Now: Philip Glass's The Trial

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Philip Glass's The Trial

25/10/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Philip Glass's The Trial

Philip Glass's new opera The Trial performed by the Music Theatre Wales Ensemble.

Tom Service presents a performance given at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre of Philip Glass's new opera The Trial, specially created for Music Theatre Wales.

Presented by Tom Service

Philip Glass's new opera The Trial, specifically created for Music Theatre Wales and recorded at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre.

Written by Glass in collaboration with the playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton, The Trial is based on the 1925 novel of Franz Kafka. It tells the story of Josef K, a bank employee who is arrested on an unspecified charge on his 30th birthday and forced to defend his innocence, and ultimately journeys towards a violent death.

Amanda Forbes -. Fraulein Burstner/ Leni Frau 
Rowan Hellier - Grubach/ Washerwoman 
Paul Curievici - Titorelli/ Flogger/ Student
Michael Bennett - Franz/ Block
Johnny Herford - Josef K 
Gwion Thomas - Magistrate/ Assistant/ Lawyer 
Nicholas Folwell - Willem/ Usher/ Clerk/ Priest 
Michael Druiett - Inspector/ Uncle 

Conductor Michael Rafferty 
Music Theatre Wales Ensemble.

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