Performance

Venue	Almeida at King's Cross
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	27th June 2002
To	4th July 2002
When	Jun 27, Jul 1, 4 at 19:30, Jul 2 at 20:30
Prices	From £10.00. To £25.00.
What is currently on at Almeida at King's Cross (V02137081492)

The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

T01651632727
In The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit, Gerald Barry turns Handel's oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth on its head. A trapped Beauty has to choose between the somewhat distant rewards of Time and the more immediate delights of Pleasure. From the sober allegory Barry and his librettist Meredity Oakes fashion a frenetic, absurdist adventure of great precision, virtuosity and wit. The production is preceded by a prologue taken from the Handel Oratorio.

Music	Gerald Barry
Lyrics	Meredith Oakes

Archive :: production:T01651632727, opera or operetta:S02100601528, venue:V02137081492

Production details

Commissioned by Poolbeg Productions for Channel 4 television and broadcast in 1996. Almeida Opera 2002 Season. July 2 - Special performance including champagne reception £75

Reviews

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Company

Producer	Almeida Aldeburgh Opera
Producer	Berliner Festwochen (in association with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
Conductor	Thomas Ades
Conductor	Richard Baker (July 4th)
Performer	Emmanuelle Haim (Handel)
Director	Nigel Lowery
Design	Nigel Lowery
Performer	Andrew Watts (Pleasure)
Performer	William Purefoy (Truth)
Performer	Christopher Lemmings (Beauty)
Performer	Roderick Williams (Deceit)
Performer	Stephen Richardson (Time)

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