Name: Opera Double Bill: Sāvitri & Blond Eckbert
Start: 2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: GSMD Silk Street Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Ashley Dean

Conductor

Timothy Redmond

Set designer

Anna Bonomelli

Lighting designer

Andrew May

Repetiteur

Aleksandra Myslek

Michael Rose

Singer

Soprano

Lorna McLean

Sāvitri

Tenor

Steven van der Linden

Satyavān

Yongqiu Yuan

Louisa Stirland

The Bird

Bass-baritone

Emyr Lloyd Jones

Blond Eckbert

Jonah Halton

Waltherd

Hugo

Die alte Frau

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Opera Double Bill: Sāvitri & Blond Eckbert

London

United Kingdom

GSMD Silk Street Theatre

Opera Double Bill: Sāvitri & Blond Eckbert: Savîtrî Holst (+1 More)

Public

Savitri

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Countertenor

Bass

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Two imaginative and haunting British chamber operas from opposite ends of the 20th century feature in Guildhall School’s summer opera double bill., directed by Ashley Dean and conducted by Timothy Redmond.

Composed in 1916, Holst’s 35-minute opera Sāvitri tells the story of the title character’s devotion to her husband Satyavan in the face of Death. Based on an episode from a Sanskrit epic, Holst used his studies of this ancient language to translate the story into his own English libretto, which combines with colourful orchestration to explore the power of love and questions of mortality.

Judith Weir also wrote her own libretto for her 1993 work Blond Eckbert, taking inspiration from the dark fairy tale by Romantic German writer Ludwig Tieck. The eerie and captivating opera by the Master of the King’s Music tells the story of Eckbert and his wife Berthe, whose solitary life together in the forest unravels after a mysterious visitor opens up a disturbing door to the past. This Guildhall production offers the chance to hear the one-act, pocket version of the opera.

“One of the gems of early 20th-century British music” – The Guardian on Sāvitri

“Hauntingly beautiful” – The Telegraph on Blond Eckbert
 

Please note that this production contains adult content, including themes of violence, death, suicide and mental illness. Haze will be used.

English

Opera Double Bill: Sāvitri & Blond Eckbert by Holst, Weir, Wed 07 Jun 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Ashley Dean,, Conductor Timothy Redmond, GSMD Silk Street Theatre, London, United Kingdom

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