Tuesday, July 15, 2008

News at Eleven: Sophocles's original version

would have been semi-operatic, combining sung and recited text.

The Irish poet [Seamus Heaney] said that he is looking forward to the 'huge enhancement' his work will get from the talents of West Indian [Derek] Walcott, who is to direct the production, Le Gendre, and conductor Peter Manning, who has commissioned the ambitious work for his ensemble Manning Camerata.

from The Guardian: Heaney to stage an opera at the Globe

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