A Hand of Bridge/The Sands of Time/Le 66

T01182807015
A Hand of Bridge - Two married couples play a game of bridge, during which their innermost desires are hilariously revealed. (Sung in English without surtitles). The Sands of Time - Receiving the Guinness World Record for World's Shortest Opera when it was composed in 1933, this 3.5-minute score follows married couple Stan and Flo, whose luck changes during the boiling of their breakfast egg. (Sung in English with surtitles). Le 66 - When Frantz wins 100,000 florins in a lottery he discovers that good fortune can be a blessing in disguise in Jacques Offenbach's fun, tuneful tale, with a new English libretto. (Sung in English without surtitles).

Music	Samuel Barber (A Hand of Bridge)
Lyrics	Gian Carlo Menotti (A Hand of Bridge)
Music	Peter Reynolds (The Sands of Time)
Lyrics	Simon Rees (The Sands of Time)
Music	Jacques Offenbach (Le 66)
Lyrics	Matthew Toogood (after Laurencin - Le 66)

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Archive :: production:T01182807015, opera or operetta:S1227023224, venue:V1422226940

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Production details

Part of Grimeborn 2019