FULL INTOLERANCE (Conor Mitchell) London 2010 Rebecca Caine

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: INTOLERANCE   
• Composer: Mitchell Conor   
• Libretto: Mark Ravenhill    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: London, UK  
• Recorded: August 12 & 13, 2010
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Rebecca Caine
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Mark Ravenhill  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: tete a tete  
• Date Published: 2010  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Genesis

  What you are seeing is the first, of eventually three pieces from a planned operatic triptych, The Headless Soldier. All three hail from the original collection of plays by Mark and are linked by themes of war and the family unit, to name but a few. The second o pera will focus on the relationship between the wife – the character in Intolerance – and her husband, the third on their son and a headless soldier.

  Synopsis

  Intolerance began life as part of the Shoot / Get Treasure / Repeat collection of plays by Mark Ravenhill. The composer Conor Mitchell approached the playwright for a possible text of his to set and this opera was born. The story of Intolerance is this: a middle-class woman describes her failed attempts at curing a stomach disorder until, that is, she comes across a magazine article that changes her life. But, naturally, that is just the surface of the story. There is another intolerance beneath the surface of the character.

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