Details

First performed in 1941 and set in the pioneering days in America. Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack who never ages but grows taller every day. Paul marries and has a daughter but his wife leaves him. Later when she dies he gets his daughter back and she helps the camp cook - who decides to try and kill Paul but comes to his senses.

Cast/Performers

Kenneth Cranham, Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton, Jeremy White, Francis Egerton, Graeme Broadbent, Henry Moss, Peter Wedd, Kurt Streit, Donald Kaasch, Timothy Robinson, Lillian Watson, Leah-Marian Jones, Pamela Helen Stephen

Creatives/Company

Author: Benjamin Britten
Lyrics: W H Auden
Company: Royal Opera
Conductor(s): Richard Hickox, Chris Willis
Director: Francesca Zambello
Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Choreographer: Denni Sayers