Work
Tristan and Iseult
chamber opera
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About
This chamber opera incorporates singers, ensemble, puppets and mime. "I loved this Tristan and Iseult because here we have a beautiful and archetypal tale of conflict between loyalty and love, told and acted out with supreme economy and clarity in a combination of sound and movement unsullied by romantic lushness or gothic fancy, but with the uncluttered strong lines of Romanesque architecture." (Robert Leek, Radio Talk)
Text note
Libretto by Malcolm Crowthers and Michael Hill
Performance history
04 Apr 1978: Performed by Jane Manning (Iseult), Graem Wall (Tristan), Roger Wilson (King Mark), Robert Oliver (Narrator), Sef Townsend (mime) and directed by Ros Clark and conducted by William Southgate with costume designer Priscilla Pitts as part of the Auckland Festival in Auckland
05 Apr 1978: Performed by Jane Manning (Iseult), Graem Wall (Tristan), Roger Wilson (King Mark), Robert Oliver (Narrator), Sef Townsend (mime) and directed by Ros Clark and conducted by William Southgate with costume designer Priscilla Pitts as part of the Auckland Festival in Auckland
06 Apr 1978: Performed by Jane Manning (Iseult), Graem Wall (Tristan), Roger Wilson (King Mark), Robert Oliver (Narrator), Sef Townsend (mime) and directed by Ros Clark and conducted by William Southgate with costume designer Priscilla Pitts as part of the Auckland Festival in Auckland
07 Apr 1978: Performed by Jane Manning (Iseult), Graem Wall (Tristan), Roger Wilson (King Mark), Robert Oliver (Narrator), Sef Townsend (mime) and directed by Ros Clark and conducted by William Southgate with costume designer Priscilla Pitts as part of the Auckland Festival in Auckland
08 Apr 1978: Performed by Jane Manning (Iseult), Graem Wall (Tristan), Roger Wilson (King Mark), Robert Oliver (Narrator), Sef Townsend (mime) and directed by Ros Clark and conducted by William Southgate with costume designer Priscilla Pitts as part of the Auckland Festival in Auckland
Performed in Auckland in April, 1978.