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Roderick Williams

Christ

Tenor

Daniel Norman

Judas

Mezzo-soprano

Susan Bickley

Ghost

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

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Sound Intermedia

Stage director

Victoria Newlyn

Singer

Countertenor

William Towers

James

Bernhard Landauer

Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts

Thomas

Alexander Sprague

Andrew

Andrew Tortise

Bartholemew

Baritone

Marcus Farnsworth

Philippus

Benedict Nelson

John

Toby Girling

Matthew

Matthew Brook

Thaddäus

Bass-baritone

Edward Grint

Peter

Hear and Now - Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Grand Hall

Public

Private

The Last Supper

Jnanakumar P

Approved

Ghost, a representative of humanity, invites Christ and his disciples to join us in our own age for a ritual of reflection. The disciples rediscover their memories of events, joyful and bitter, and wonder whether Christ himself will appear among them… From this starting point Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s opera from 2000 (with a libretto by Robin Blaser) looks back over two millennia of Christianity. For this rare concert-staging of a work hailed as “magnificent and enthralling” (The Observer), the BBC SSO has assembled an outstanding cast including Roderick Williams as Jesus, with Martyn Brabbins conducting the orchestra and singers in some of Birtwistle’s most lyrical and gripping music.

English

Hear and Now - Birtwistle’s The Last Supper by Birtwistle, From (2017/2017), Directed by Victoria Newlyn,, Conductor Martyn Brabbins, City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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