Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	7th January 2000
To	17th January 2000
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

Gawain

T371489017
Based on the classic dramatic poem of the 14th Century Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, commissioned in 1988.

Music	Harrison Birtwistle
Lyrics	David Harsent

Archive :: production:T371489017, opera or operetta:S1656339076, venue:V377

Production details

The first revival of the 1999/2000 Season is Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Gawain, winner of the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera in 1991 and widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary music-theatre pieces. The libretto, of startling poetic beauty, is by David Harsent. John Tomlinson repeats his famous portrayal of the Green Knight, who arrives at Camelot on Christmas Eve with a bizarre challenge to King Arthur's knights. Sung in English

Reviews

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Company

Company	Royal Opera
Conductor	Elgar Howarth
Director	Di Trevis
Design	Alison Chitty
Choreographer	Jane Gibson
Lighting	Paul Pyant
Performer	Wilhelm Hartmann (Gawain)
Performer	John Tomlinson (The Green Knight)
Performer	Robert Tear (Arthur)
Performer	Constance Hauman (Morgan le Fay)
Performer	Anne Mason (Guinevere)
Performer	Thomas Randle (A Fool)
Performer	Andrew Watts (Bishop Baldwin)
Performer	Peter Wedd (Ywain)
Performer	Quentin Hayes (Agravain)
Performer	tbc (Lady de Hautdesert)

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