Artist

Admin

Conductor

Kenneth Young

Stage director

Eleanor Bishop

Singer

Soprano

Anna Leese

Katherine

Set designer

Rachel Marlow

Lighting designer

Jayne Tankersley

Janet Frame

Costume designer

Nic Smillie

Repetiteur

Andrew Crooks

Ben Kubiak

Librettist

Georgia Jamieson Emms

Composer

Bradley Gledhill

New Zealand Opera

Orchestra

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

Dunedin Symphony Orchestra

English

The Strangest of Angels

Dunedin

New Zealand

Christchurch, New Zealand

The Strangest of Angels Young

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The Strangest of Angels World Premiere - Audience Feedback 

Last Friday evening saw the world premiere of a new work - The Strangest of Angels - co-composed by Kenneth Young with Anna Leese and libretto by Georgia Jamieson Emms. 

Here's what the audience had to say about their experience...

THE STRANGEST OF ANGELS
A poignant and imaginative reflection on events during Janet Frame’s time at Seacliff Mental Hospital, The Strangest of Angels is a harrowing and hopeful experience that throws light on mental health then and now.

Co-created by Kenneth Young, Georgia Jamieson Emms and Anna Leese, The Strangest of Angels is born of an exciting and conscious collaboration between composer and performers that explores the contrast between a calm, rational psychiatric patient and a traumatised nurse torn between empathy and the relative power of institutional duty.

World premiere performances directed by Friedlander Foundation Associate Artist Eleanor Bishop and starring Anna Leese and Jayne Tankersley. Proudly presented by NZ Opera and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in Christchurch.  In Dunedin The Strangest of Angels is presented with the Dunedin Arts Festival and the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.

The Strangest of Angels by Young, Kenneth, From (2022/2022), Directed by Eleanor Bishop,, Conductor Kenneth Young

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