A rose by another name: Juliet & Romeo: Passion... or obsession? at St Thomas' Church, London on Friday 13th August 2021

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A rose by another name: Juliet & Romeo

Passion... or obsession?

Add to my Calendar 13-08-2021 19:30 13-08-2021 21:30 36 A rose by another name: Juliet & Romeo Romeo and Love have been a pretty dysfunctional team for a long time. Rosaline… that didn’t go so well. Maybe Juliet will finally be the one, if Love can exercise some self-control and rein in her penchant for chaos. But desire and egotism are dangerous bedfellows: Juliet struggles desperately amid powerful currents of coercion and manipulation. A noble passion to heal age-old rifts? Perhaps not. Marginalia, a new interdisciplinary performance collective, irreverently combine Shakespeare's timeless words with intoxicating melodies from Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. A newly devised and fully staged fusion of theatre and opera, bringing you star-crossed lovers as never before. Running time c. 70 minutes. Performed by graduates and fellows of Mountview, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, and University of Cambridge. Performed in English and Italian, with translations. St Thomas' Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Thomas' Church
Telford Avenue
Balham
London
SW2 4XW
England

Friday 13th August 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

Vincenzo Bellini – I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Excerpts
William Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet: Excerpts

Performers

Chloe Allison – mezzo-soprano
Anna-Luise Wagner – soprano
Luke Fitzgerald – piano
Rebecca Hare – actress
Eleanor Burke – Director

Marginalia Performance

Programme Note

Romeo and Love have been a pretty dysfunctional team for a long time. Rosaline… that didn’t go so well. Maybe Juliet will finally be the one, if Love can exercise some self-control and rein in her penchant for chaos. But desire and egotism are dangerous bedfellows: Juliet struggles desperately amid powerful currents of coercion and manipulation. A noble passion to heal age-old rifts? Perhaps not.

Marginalia, a new interdisciplinary performance collective, irreverently combine Shakespeare's timeless words with intoxicating melodies from Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. A newly devised and fully staged fusion of theatre and opera, bringing you star-crossed lovers as never before.

Running time c. 70 minutes.

Performed by graduates and fellows of Mountview, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, and University of Cambridge.

Performed in English and Italian, with translations.

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