chamber opera is not a dead genre...
the acclaimed work of award-winning young artists from Cambridge University; Finn Beames (Suzie Gautier-Smith Prize & James Essay Prize 2009/2010), Georgia de Grey (NSDF Design Award 2008), Emma Hogan (Clare Actors Writing Prize 2011 / Richard Gooder Literary Prize 2010), Joe Snape (CMMAS Artist-in-Residence 2011) and Kate Whitley (BBC Young Composer of the Year 2007)
Bonesong is a study in bloodlust, during which a young girl is seduced by music played on the brutalized carcass of her sibling. Live electronics made by sampling the sounds of tearing flesh and creaking bones are manipulated, distorted, and elegantly intertwined with the live orchestra.
Unknown Position is about a woman in love with a chair. A charged exploration of her relationship with a human ex-lover is drawn against the intimate and genuine confession of her sensual passion for a small wooden chair.
with a cast of singers and instrumentalists from Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, these new works have been appraised as
"cutting-edge underground opera" (Varsity)
'Snape's curdling electronica, Whitley's cacophony of blood-lusting notes, acted with impressive conviction, sung with flawless command'
Varsity
'A feast for the ears… A painfully moving score' The Cambridge Student
'Truly outstanding: beautifully paced and stunningly written…ravishingly beautiful lyrical singing' The Tab
'Barely a third of the queue were lucky enough to get in' – Varsity
"Unsettling" – Opera Now
... with raw meat, chair sex, electronica + new music
the acclaimed work of award-winning young artists from Cambridge University; Finn Beames (Suzie Gautier-Smith Prize & James Essay Prize 2009/2010), Georgia de Grey (NSDF Design Award 2008), Emma Hogan (Clare Actors Writing Prize 2011 / Richard Gooder Literary Prize 2010), Joe Snape (CMMAS Artist-in-Residence 2011) and Kate Whitley (BBC Young Composer of the Year 2007)
is stretching and redefining opera.
Bonesong is a study in bloodlust, during which a young girl is seduced by music played on the brutalized carcass of her sibling. Live electronics made by sampling the sounds of tearing flesh and creaking bones are manipulated, distorted, and elegantly intertwined with the live orchestra.
Unknown Position is about a woman in love with a chair. A charged exploration of her relationship with a human ex-lover is drawn against the intimate and genuine confession of her sensual passion for a small wooden chair.
with a cast of singers and instrumentalists from Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, these new works have been appraised as
'Snape's curdling electronica, Whitley's cacophony of blood-lusting notes, acted with impressive conviction, sung with flawless command'
Varsity'A feast for the ears… A painfully moving score'
The Cambridge Student'Truly outstanding: beautifully paced and stunningly written…ravishingly beautiful lyrical singing'
The Tab'Barely a third of the queue were lucky enough to get in' – Varsity
"Unsettling" – Opera Now
Venue: C, venue 34 (C–1)
Dates: August 3 – 13
Venue Box office: 0845 260 1234
CtheFestival.com
Tickets: £9.50–£11.50 (£7.50–£9.50)
Time: 21:30 – 22:20
Fringe box office: 0131 226 0000
edfringe.com
Dates: August 3 – 13
Venue Box office: 0845 260 1234
CtheFestival.com
Tickets: £9.50–£11.50 (£7.50–£9.50)
Time: 21:30 – 22:20
Fringe box office: 0131 226 0000
edfringe.com