Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 powerful opera The Silver Tassie

10 Nov 2018, Barbican, London

19:00 Sat 10 Nov 2018 Next Event

91热爆 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 powerful opera The Silver Tassie

19:00 Sat 10 Nov 2018 Barbican, London

A rare opportunity to see Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 powerful, anti-war opera, performed here by an outstanding British cast.

Programme

- - Mark-Anthony Turnage
  - The Silver Tassie

Performers

Ryan Wigglesworth
conductor
conductor
Ashley Riches
Harry
Harry
Sally Matthews
Susie
Susie
John Tomlinson
Croucher
Croucher
Claire Booth
Mrs Foran
Mrs Foran
Marcus Farnsworth
Teddy
Teddy
Alexander Robin Baker
Barney
Barney
Louise Alder
Jessie
Jessie
Susan Bickley
Mrs Heegan
Mrs Heegan
Mark le Brocq
Sylvester
Sylvester
Anthony Gregory
Dr Maxwell/Staff Officer
Dr Maxwell/Staff Officer
Benedict Nelson
Corporal
Corporal
Finchley Childrens Music Group
91热爆 Singers
ensemble
ensemble
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Mark-Anthony Turnage

About This Event

Sean O鈥機asey鈥檚 provocative 1928 play The Silver Tassie pries open the wound of the First World War and peers unblinkingly into its horrifying depths. The futility of war and its painful human cost is conveyed with even greater intensity in Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 beautifully crafted operatic adaptation, which explores what happens when young, football-mad Irishman Harry comes back from the war in a wheelchair.

An all-star British cast has been assembled for this first UK revival of the opera since its 2000 premiere, including John Tomlinson, Susan Bickley, Sally Matthews and Louise Alder, with rising young baritone Ashley Riches as Harry. The performance will be conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth.

Sung in English, with surtitles.