FULL Two Music Dramas by Copland & Argento London 2019 Sarah Minns

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Two Music Dramas by Copland & Argento   
• Composer: Copland Aaron, Argento Dominick  
• Libretto: Emily Dickinson, John Olon-Scrymgeour, based on the character from 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Grimborn Festival, London, UK  
• Recorded: August 2, 2019
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Sarah Minns
• Conductor: David Eaton  
• Orchestra: David Eaton, PIANO  
• Stage Director: Ralph Bridle   
• Stage Designer: Amy Watts  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Sarah Minns  
• Date Published: 2019  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

12 Poems Of Emily Dickinson by Copland (staged song cycle)
Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night by Argento (Monodrama – starts@29.00)

Two music dramas are brought together in a startling fusion, exploding the inner lives of two tortured souls.

In Dominick Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night, Charles Dickens‘ anti-heroine obsessively reenacts the events of her wedding day fifty years ago, when she was jilted by her fiancé and vowed vengeance against the male sex.

Then Aaron Copland‘s song-cycle Twelve Poems by Emily Dickinson reveals the hidden world of the isolated yet expressive poet.

Soprano Sarah Minns embodies both women in an evocative production which reveals the depths of their passions.