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Blond Eckbert Double Bill
Fresh from its sell-out performance at the 75th Aldeburgh Festival, Judith Weir's acclaimed opera Blond Eckbert is back. It is paired with Do not take my story for a fairtytale – a staging of song cycles and cantatas exploring love, isolation and the terrible wonder of the natural world.
Blond Eckbert cast:
Aoife Miskelly Bird
Flora McIntosh Berthe
William Morgan Walther, Hugo, Old Woman
Alex Otterburn Eckbert
Do not take my story for a fairytale:
Abigail Kelly soprano
Amy J Payne mezzo-soprano
Matthew McKinney tenor
Mark Nathan baritone
Period-instrument chamber ensemble
Robin Norton-Hale director
Molly Harris Farley assistant director
Monica Nicolaides assistant and movement director
Eleanor Bull designer
Erika Gundesen assistant conductor
Gerry Cornelius conductor
Come to a pre-performance talk before the opera to learn more about the creative process.