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

Mise en scène

Ashley Dean

Direction d'orchestre

Timothy Redmond

Décors

Anna Bonomelli

Lumières

Andrew May

Répétiteur

Aleksandra Myslek

Michael Rose

Chanteur

Soprano

Lorna McLean

Sāvitri

Ténor

Steven van der Linden

Satyavān

Yongqiu Yuan

Louisa Stirland

Ein Vogel

Baryton-basse

Emyr Lloyd Jones

Blond Eckbert

Jonah Halton

Walther

Hugo

Die alte Frau

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Opera Double Bill: Sāvitri & Blond Eckbert

Londres

Royaume-Uni

GSMD Silk Street Theatre

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

Public

Savitri

Der blonde Eckbert

Valide

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.

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