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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.

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Music: Gerald Barry
Lyrics: Meredith Oakes

Archive listings for The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01651632727

Commissioned by Poolbeg Productions for Channel 4 television and broadcast in 1996.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).
27 Jun 02 to 4 Jul 02Almeida at King's Cross, Inner London :: V02137081492
listing details L01973716993
7 Jun 02 to 23 Jun 02Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75
listing details L0100394070

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