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FULL THE DAISY CHAIN (Toby Young) London 2012 Sera Baines, Elizabeth Graham, Rod Morris, Joanna Foote
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Daisy Chain
- Composer: Young Toby
- Libretto: Thomas Conroy Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: London, UK, Gestalt Opera
- Recorded: August 2, 2012
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Sera Baines, Elizabeth Graham, Rod Morris, Joanna Foote, Nick Scott, Oskar McCarthy, Eleanor Hemmens
- Conductor: Stephen Craigen
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Ruth Mariner
- Stage Designer: Jayne O’Hanlon
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: tete a tete
- Date Published: 2012
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A radical re-envisioning of the Rumpelstiltskin tale, fusing courtly love, psychotherapy and sadomasochism.
When a stoic marriage counselor is tasked with curing the delusions of the Royal bride Daisy, she discovers a darker side to the nuptials that challenges the very foundations of her practice. Ruined by the fear that her first born heir will be abducted by an aberrant cave-dwelling goblin, Daisy’s delusions are fantastical, yet firmly rooted in the fissures found when reality shatters love’s great dream: her husband is a bastard. Or at least, this was the initial interpretation. As the therapist begins to find Daisy’s tales more compelling, she becomes trapped in a triangle between guarding the safety of the Princess, the safety of the baby, and exposing the Prince as a psychotic tyrant and cause of Daisy’s pain. However, for some pain is pleasure, and as the difference between reality and fantasy starts to become more and more obscure, the therapist has to confront the possibility of an incredible truth: that Daisy’s delusions aren’t as intangible as they first appear.
Genesis
The Daisy Chain is the first production of the recently formed collective Gestalt Arts, who united through their mutual love of the absurd and the transgressive. The work received a workshop performance by the LSO as part of their Soundhub Showcase series at St. Luke’s in June.
When a stoic marriage counsellor is tasked with curing the delusions of the royal bride Daisy, she discovers a darker side to the nuptials that challenges the very foundations of her practice. The poor girl is ruined by the fear that her first born heir will be abducted by a curious cave-dwelling goblin; her delusions are fantastical, yet firmly rooted in the fissures found when reality shatters love’s great dream: her husband is a bastard.
Or at least, this was the initial interpretation. As the therapist begins to find Daisy’s tales more compelling, she becomes trapped in a triangle between guarding the safety of the Princess, the safety of the baby, and exposing the Prince as a psychotic tyrant and cause of Daisy’s pain.