Martinů Julietta BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek conductor Rosalind Plowright soprano Magdalena Kožena mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano William Burden tenor Andreas Jäggi tenor Roderick Williams baritone Frédéric Goncalvès bass-baritone Zdenek Plech bass BBC Singers
Please note that the roles of Bird Seller and Fortune Teller will now be sung by Rosalind Plowright in place of the originally advertised Michèle Lagrange. Bass-baritone Iain Paterson has also been replaced by Frédéric Goncalvès.
Another unmissable evening at the opera with Jiří Bělohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra! Their performance last season of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček seized its audience and scored an instant critical hit. Expect the same for Martinu’s Julietta. The Czech composer’s compelling work, subtitled ‘The Book of Dreams’, has not been heard in London for over 30 years. Its surrealist libretto, ever-shifting action and dreamscapes are subtly etched in a score packed with fantasy and psychological insight. Concert staging
Pre-concert talk 6pm, Barbican Hall. An introduction to Martinů's opera Julietta.
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