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Northern Ireland Opera

The MAC

The Playhouse

Stage director

Cameron Menzies

Makeup artist

Nuala Campbell

Hairstylist

Pianist

Bryan Evans

Singer

Anna Gregg

Soloist

Mezzo-soprano

Jenny Bourke

Mezzosoprano

French

The Salon Series - Les Nuits d’Été

Londonderry

United Kingdom

Derry Playhouse

Belfast

The Salon Series - Les Nuits d’Été: À Chloris Hahn (+2 More)

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Private

À Chloris

Recital

Summer Nights

English

Approved

À Chloris and a selection of mélodie by Reynaldo Hahn will be performed by soprano Anna Gregg followed by Les Nuits d’Été or Summer Nights, a song cycle in a staged performance by mezzo soprano Jenny Bourke and pianist Bryan Evans.

Hector Berlioz originally wrote Les Nuits d’Été, based around Théophile Gautier’s poems, for a mezzo or tenor and piano, though it is more well known in its orchestral version.  Les Nuits d’Été is Berlioz’s only song cycle published as a set.  The songs explore the universal themes of love and loss and will be performed in French.

À Chloris is a setting of a poem by the French poet Théophile de Viau (1590-1626). Hahn's song was composed in 1916 and speaks of a shepherdess named Chloris, portraying her as the epitome of beauty and grace. A selection of mélodies by Hahn will also be performed during this Salon Series event.

These beautiful songs exploring themes of love and loss are uplifting and beautiful and will provide our audience with a magical experience of live French art song.

Team
Director: Cameron Menzies
Hair and Make-Up Nuala Campbell
Cast
Soprano: Anna Gregg
Mezzo Soprano: Jenny Bourke
Pianist: Bryan Evans
Gowns: Designed as a collaboration between Sara O’Neill and Linda Britten

The Salon Series - Les Nuits d’Été by Hahn, Various, Berlioz, From (2024/2024), Directed by Cameron Menzies,, Derry Playhouse, Londonderry, United Kingdom

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