Performance

VenueArts Theatre
TownCambridge
CountyCambridgeshire
From3rd November 2010
To6th November 2010
When19:30
PricesFrom £15.00. To £35.00.
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Promised End

T1168468714
One of the leading figures of British contemporary music. An operatic adaptation of King Lear, this is a stark and moving version of Shakespeare's great drama about ageing, family ties and the meaning of life, with a libretto formed by scholar and Shakespeare authority Frank Kermode
Music Alexander Goehr
Lyrics William Shakespeare (arr. Frank Kermode)


Archive :: production:T1168468714, opera or operetta:S01787369171, venue:V19

Production details

Sung in English. Running time: 1hr 40mins with 1 interval

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Company

Company English Touring Opera
Adapted by Frank Kermode
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth
Design Adam Wiltshire
Lighting Guy Hoare
Performer Roderick Earle (King Lear)
Performer Nigel Robson (Gloucester)
Performer Lina Markeby (Fool / Cordelia)
Performer Nicholas Garrett (Edmund)
Performer Adrian Dwyer (Edgar)
Performer Jacqueline Varsey (Goneril)
Performer Julia Sporsen (Regan)
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