Book of Thel by Macrini, Sat 30 Jun 2018, From (2018/2019), Directed by Peter Case, Conductor Claudio Scarabottini, St John the Evangelist Church, Sidcup, Sidcup, United Kingdom

A production of an opera composed by Rolando Macrini using the text of William Blake's poem "The Book of Thel" written and illustrated in 1789 and exploring the prophetic landscape of Blake's mythic Vales of Har. Thel questions the nature of mortality and is drawn into a debate with three characters from the natural world : the Lily, the Cloud, and the Clod of Clay. Featuring professional opera singers, dancers, puppetry and projections with small orchestra and electronic soundscape accompaniment.