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Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England
Programme
Robert Hugill – The Gardeners
Performers
Peter Brathwaite – baritone
Magid El-Bushra – countertenor
Julian Debreuil – bass-baritone
Georgia Mae Bishop – mezzo-soprano
Flora McIntosh – mezzo-soprano
Charlotte Amherst – Violin
May Dolan – viola
Sophie Hayns – Cello
Anthony Friend – clarinet
William Vann – Conductor
Joanna Wyld – librettist
Programme Note
Inspired by a newspaper article, The Gardeners is a new chamber opera by composer Robert Hugill and librettist Joanna Wyld.
Set in a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in a war-torn country amongst the family of gardeners who look after the cemetery, The Gardeners treats the themes of tolerance, remembrance and brotherhood using the garden as a metaphor for the possibility of growth and renewal.
The graves belong to the Dead, who once invaded the land in which they lie. Tensions rise between three generations of the same family who look after war graves in a politically divided region.
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