Jephtha

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S0607440816, production/tour:T0349903511

Archive Listings

12 Apr 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L163186144, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V831	Grand Theatre Swansea Glamorgan
6 Apr 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1269977019, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V534	Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool Merseyside
29 Mar 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1328614626, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V754	Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire
23 Mar 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L01210743291, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V856	Hippodrome Bristol City of Bristol
16 Mar 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1378796692, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V145	Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham West Midlands
2 Mar 06 to 4 Mar 06	Jephtha Opera or Operetta :: listing:L0205978616, production:T0349903511, show:S0607440816, venue: V1984858935	Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff Glamorgan

Details

Jephtha, war leader of the Israelites, has triumphed in battle but will God demand a sacrifice in return - the life of the general's beautiful daughter? Handel's inspiration for his intense oratorio Jephtha may have been the Bible, but the work is an involving human drama not a sermon. Sung in English. Approx. running time 3 hours 15 minutes.

Performers Mark Padmore (Jephtha), Neal Davies (Zebul), Susan Bickley (Storge), Fflur Wyn (Iphis), Iestyn Davies (Hamor), Charlotte Ellett (Angel). Music Handel. Company Welsh National Opera. Company English National Opera. Conductor Donald Nally. Director Katie Mitchell. Design Vicki Mortimer. Lighting Chris Davey. Choreographer Struan Leslie.