Where the Wild Things Are
Louise Fryer presents the opening concert from the 2012 Aldeburgh Festival. With Oliver Knussen's opera Where the Wild Things Are, based on the book by the late Maurice Sendak.
Live from the Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Presented by Louise Fryer
The opening concert from the 2012 Aldeburgh Festival - an Oliver Knussen opera double bill.
'Children are the only reasonably sane audience' -Maurice Sendak.
The 2012 Aldeburgh Festival opens with a bang as two of the most imaginative children's books by the late Maurice Sendak are brought to life in an opera double bill from the festival's artist in residence Oliver Knussen. Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Britten Sinfonia with a cast including Susanna Andersson, Susan Bickley, Claire Booth, Lucy Schaufer, Graeme Broadbent, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Gunthorpe and Christopher Lemmings in Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Oliver Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are
Singers: Susanna Andersson, Susan Bickley, Claire Booth, Lucy Schaufer, Graeme Broadbent, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Gunthorpe and Christopher Lemmings
Netia Jones director/designer
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
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- Fri 8 Jun 2012 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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