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WNO MAX - The Most Beautiful Man from the Sea
Sponsored by Associated British Ports
Supported by The Foyle Foundation
In August 2005 WNO collaborated with Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) to stage a fantastic singing project which involved up to 500 people from local choirs and individuals, together with members of WNO Chorus and the full WNO orchestra.The music was specially commissioned for this event.It was based on a short story by author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the performances in Wales Millennium Centre marked the first time local singers and WNO sang together on the main stage of WMC.
It is a magical story of renewal and redemption telling of a charismatic stranger who arrives in a rundown seaside community which long ago gave up dreaming of a brighter future.But is the stranger a gift from the sea or just an unwelcome visitor?
Richard Chew and Orlando Gough's multi-stylistic score - everything from tango and jazz to whistling winds - explodes the boundaries of traditional choral singing, whilst Gwyneth Lewis' poetic libretto captures wonderfully the shifting atmosphere of an intriguing seashore encounter.
Composers:Richard Chew and Orlando Gough
Librettist:Gwyneth Lewis
Director:Ezra Hjalmarsson
Designer and Film-maker:Richard Aylwin
Conductor:Richard Chew
'The Beautiful Man':Ian Patterson
With soloists from the Chorus of Welsh National Opera:
Soprano - Meriel Andrew
Soprano - Paula Bradbury
Soprano - Claire Hampton
Soprano - Laura Pooley
Mezzo-Soprano Daniella Ehrlich
Mezzo-Soprano Helen Greenaway
Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Pope
Tenor - Michael Clifton-Thompson
Tenor - Howard Kirk
Tenor - Gareth Lloyd
Baritone - Philip Lloyd-Evans
If you are interested in attending one of WNO MAX's public performances, visit the What's on Where or Calendar sections.
This section intends to give you background details and an insight into all WNO MAX's work.
To contact the WNO MAX team, email Rhian Hutchings or call 029 2063 5060.
