When The Flame Dies

Length: 60'

Hear a sample:

Performances:
The People Show, Bethnal Green, London, 14th Nov 2008
Pavilion Theatre, Church Road, Brighton, 4th May 2009
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14th Apr 2010
Grimeborn Festival 2010, Arcola Theatre, Hackney, London N8, 20th Aug 2010

Moods:
rhythmic, reflective, polyphonic, lyrical, conflict

Publisher: University of York Music Press

Genre: Opera and Music Theatre

Programme Note:

Work in progress.
Full score will be for S.Ms.Ct.Ten.Bar, plus ensemble and electronics.
The sample presented here is a montage from workshop performances by Mettatheatre (August 2010).

Music Ed Hughes
Libretto Roger Morris
Director Poppy Burton-Morgan
Designer William Reynolds
Pianist Richard Casey
Poet (baritone) Andrew McIntosh
Princess (mezzo) Lucy Williams
Orpheus (tenor) Peter Kirk
Euridice (soprano) Emily Phillips
Raymond (counter-tenor) Ben Williamson