{"id":4282,"date":"2018-04-18T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T09:00:12","slug":"garsington-opera-world-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4282","title":{"rendered":"Garsington Opera World Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW OPERA BASED ON AWARD-WINNING BOLA\u00d1O NOVEL
\nPREMIERES AT GARSINGTON OPERA THIS SUMMER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On 5 July 2018 Garsington Opera stages its first festival world premiere. Based on award-winning novel\u00a0The Skating Rink\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Chilean author\u00a0Roberto Bola\u00f1o<\/strong>, the opera tells a thrilling tale of jealousy, political corruption and passion.<\/p>\n

Set in a seaside town on the Costa Brava, the production will feature live figure-skating and an exceptional cast. The story of\u00a0The Skating Rink<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is told by three narrators, revolving around Nuria, a beautiful young figure-skating champion. When she is dropped from the Olympic team, Enric, a besotted civil servant, pilfers public funds and builds her a secret practice rink in a deserted mansion. Nuria has affairs and the plot soon spins into blackmail, bad faith and treachery; the skating rink becomes a crime scene.<\/p>\n

Leading British composer\u00a0David Sawer<\/strong>, whose previous operatic work includes\u00a0From Morning to Midnight\u00a0<\/em>(ENO 2001), has composed a score which is full of character, drama and beauty, drawing on Spanish and Latin American styles, set to a libretto by award-winning playwright\u00a0Rory Mullarkey<\/strong>.\u00a0 David Sawer said: \u201cImmediately what grabbed me about the book was its structure. The fact that it is a story told from multiple viewpoints; that there isn\u2019t just one linear narrative, that there are interlocking stories and that the events are told from different perspectives\u2026that was very interesting for me, musically.<\/em>\u00a0There are lots of different themes in the narrative. What I think I\u2019ve written is almost like a filmstrip, which will come to life when it is staged.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Performances:\u00a05, 8, 10, 14, 16 July 2018\u00a0(Start time 6.50pm)<\/p>\n

Tickets:\u00a0 01865 361636 \u00a0or \u00a0www.garsingtonopera.org<\/a><\/p>\n

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Skating Rink<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 David Sawer (composer)<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Sung in English \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rory Mullarkey (librettist)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Based on the novel by\u00a0 \u00a0Roberto Bola\u00f1o<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Conductor<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Garry Walker<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Director\/Designer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Stewart Laing<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Costume Designer<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hyemi Shin<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Lighting Designer<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malcolm Rippeth<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Movement Director<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sarah Fahie<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Enric\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Neal Davies<\/span><\/h6>\n
Gaspar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Sam Furness<\/span><\/h6>\n
Remo<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben Edquist<\/span><\/h6>\n
Carmen<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Bickley<\/span><\/h6>\n
Caridad<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Claire Wild<\/span><\/h6>\n
Nuria<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lauren Zolezzi<\/span><\/h6>\n
Rookie<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alan Oke<\/span><\/h6>\n
Pilar<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Louise Winter<\/span><\/h6>\n
GARSINGTON OPERA ORCHESTRA<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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