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2014 Family Opera
PERFORMANCES
Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, 2014
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, 2014
Our 2014 family opera will be the North American (and NCFO) premiere of Rain Dance (synopsis with music), inspired by Tish Farrell's story, "The Hare Who Would Not Be King." Rain Dance was commissioned by the W11 Opera for Young People and first performed by them in December 2010. The opera was written by Stuart Hancock (music) and by Donald Sturrock (libretto). It is the tale of animals on the South African savannah facing a drought, the Machiavellian lion whom they elect to lead them, and their unlikely hero, a brilliant but neurotic and politically apathetic rabbit.
2014 Science Festival Chorus
A Science Oratorio by David Haines
Once again, we will be presenting a program of science songs at the 2014 Cambridge Science Festival. Powers of Ten is a 90-minute choral and multimedia presentation that explores the scales of the universe from sub-atomic to cosmic, by contemporary composer David Haines.
Learn more and listen to the US premiere, performed by the NCFO Festival Chorus as part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. And here are recordings from our 2013 science chorus, H2Oratorio.
Watch this space in early January for registration and rehearsal information.
Commission Competition
We are pleased to announce the winner of our family opera commission competition: Weedpatch, by composer Paul Phillips, book and lyrics by Bill Harley. Weedpatch is loosely based on historical accounts of Oklahomans who immigrated to California’s Central Valley in the 1930s.
We are always interested in hearing about new operas or entirely-sung musicals which might be suitable for our group. Please click here for more details of what we are looking for in the way of a "family opera."
