Letters of a Love Betrayed
From: Friday, 2nd October 2009
To: Tuesday, 6 October 2009
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Synopsis
In the hands of composer Eleanor Alberga and librettist Donald Sturrock, Isabel Allende's story of love and betrayal is transformed into an intimate yet intensely powerful chamber opera. It is a tenderly imagined tale of young woman who follows her here to unravel the truth behind the brutal deception of her marriage.
Our Review:
4 October 2009
This was the world premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s chamber opera Letters of a Love Betrayed, based on a short story by Isabel Allende. I was continually reminded throughout the performance of the idiom of Benjamin Britten, yet this work seems to lack the psychological penetration of, say, The Turn of the Screw, as well as the surging motion that drives that masterpiece to its shattering conclusion.
Alberga’s score is rich and colourful, brimming with sliding violins, piping woodwind (especially the flute) and the mysterious rustlings of tuned percussion. The tiny orchestra produces varied landscapes of sound, and all that is lost, as is to be expected, is the depth and richness of sound that a larger orchestra would provide, and that only troubles during the penetrating climactic passages.
The score is most notable for its tense, fragmentary nature: melodic ideas flit ceaselessly around the orchestral pit, and the effect is of understated instrumental ...
Creative
Eleanor Alberga (Music)
Donald Sturrock (Lyrics)
Music Theatre Wales (Producer)
ROH2 (Producer)
Michael Rafferty (Conductor)
Michael McCarthy (Director)
Colin Richmond (Design)
Ace McCarron (Lighting)
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