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Britten and Huw Watkins
In the Locked Room
Programme & Song Text
Date
Wed 03 Nov 2021, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Important Information

Download the PDF programme and song sheet/translations here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Huw Watkinspiano
  • Ruby Hughessoprano
  • Jess Dandycontralto
  • James Gilchristtenor
  • Henk Nevenbaritone
  • Britten Sinfonia
    • Andrew Gourlayconductor
    • Michael McCarthystage director

    Programme

    • Huw Watkins
      b. 1976
        • Echo for soprano and piano (Texts by Rossetti, Dickinson, Larkin, Yeats and Harsent)

    Interval

    • Huw Watkins
      b. 1976
        • In the Locked Room (a one-act opera) Libretto by David Harsent based on a short story by Thomas Hardy
           [1]
    1. commissioned by Music Theatre Wales and Scottish Opera

    Overview

    In the Locked Room:

    Ella and her husband Stephen rent a holiday apartment on the coast owned by Susan. Ella discovers that a locked room in the house is rented by a poet – Ben Pascoe – whose work holds a deep fascination for her. The room is reserved for Pascoe although he rarely visits. Ella’s obsession with Pascoe grows in parallel with the progress of Stephen’s biggest financial deals and the boundaries between fact and fantasy begin to blur.

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