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Celos Aun Del Aire Matan - The University of Sheffield, Dublin & Wexford performances

  • 20-06-2008 09:10AM
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    komputamuso
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    Celos Aun Del Aire Matan (Jealousy Kills for no Reason)
    The University of Sheffield. Artistic Director; Andrew Lawrence-King
    St. Iberius Church, Main Street, Wexford Town. Thursday July 3rd 2008.

    Wexford opera lovers will have a unique opportunity to see Spain's very first fully sung opera being performed when The University of Sheffield, in association with Wexford's new music school, Wexford Music Centre, perform 'Celos aun del aire matan (Jealousy Kills for no Reason)' in St. Iberius Church, Wexford on Thursday 3rd July 2008.

    The Opera, virtually unknown in modern times before a new edition and performance in Madrid in 2000, dates from 1660 and boasts a libretto by Spain’s leading dramatist of the seventeenth century Pedro Calderón de la Barca and music by the celebrated Court musician Juan Hidalgo.

    The production, featuring students from several departments of Sheffield University, is directed by world-famous baroque harpist Andrew Lawrence-King, who regularly plays with Jordi Savall’s Hesperion XXI, and has a host of recordings of Spanish music of the period to his name.

    The plot explores the many obstacles that can stand in the way of true love, and includes scenes of great tenderness, high drama and low comedy, along with a fair dose of the supernatural: a man turns into a dog… a lion… a bear… a wild boar… and a wolf. The chaste goddess Diana is pitted against her arch-rival Venus, and they act out their feelings through the tragic tale of Cephalus and Procris.

    The performance is in Spanish but a broad range of stage effects and an English narration make the lively production accessible to all.

    The Irish performances of this opera also include the Irish premiere on 2nd July at St Bartholomew’s, Ballsbridge, Dublin, as well as the performance in St Iberius. Both shows begin at 8 p.m.

    Tickets cost €12 (concessions €10; under 16s €5) and can be booked in advance from St. Iberius between 10a.m. and 4p.m. daily or by calling 085 7131435, and will also be available at the door on the night.

    For more information please visit www.goreymusic.com/spanishopera.html


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