FULL HIGH NOON TO JACKO’S HOUR (Elfyn Jones) London 2009 Brian Smith Walters, Annabel Mountford, Zach Roberts

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: HIGH NOON TO JACKO'S HOUR  
• Composer: Jones Elfyn  
• Libretto: Tim Satterthwaite  
• Venue & Opera Company: Riverside Studios, London, UK  
• Recorded: 2009
• Type: Concert Semi-staged
• Singers: Brian Smith Walters, Annabel Mountford, Zach Roberts, David Douglas, Stephanie Seeney, Amy Payne, Danny Standing, Henry Deacon, Tom Stoddart
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Elfyn Jones, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: tete a tete  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Jacko’s Hour is a new full-length chamber opera, inspired by the classic Western High Noon. The production opens at Pavilion Theatre (Brighton Dome) 11,12 September, then moves to London’s Bridewell Theatre: 15-19 September. For the Opera Festival we wanted to stage a unique event, acknowledging our debt to Fred Zinnemann’s masterpiece – and the many other composers and writers who influenced us, consciously or otherwise, in the creation of our opera. High Noon clips: copyright Paramount Pictures

  The Story of High Noon

  Marshall Will Kane’s marriage to the beautiful Amy is disrupted by the news that the brutal killer Frank Miller has been released from jail, and is returning on the noon train to take his revenge. Kane refuses to run, but when he calls for men to fight with him against Miller’s gang, the townsfolk – and even his new bride – turn their back on him. Now he must face the killers alone.

  The Story of Jacko’s Hour

  John Rollins, known as Jacko, runs the Lone Star Shootin’ Range on a touring fair in present-day Yorkshire. The celebration of his daughter’s engagement is broken by the arrival of Eliza Pierce, wife of Geordie – the man convicted for the manslaughter of Jacko’s brother. Jacko determines to take a stand, but in his hour of need the other showmen are nowhere to

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