Serbian City Club

Milan Govedarica, Theatre in the Mill and the Lowry present

NARCISSUS & ECHO, chamber opera

Music by Anja Djordjevic

 

Libretto by Marija Stojanovic

 

Director ............... Chris Hill

Musical Director .... Morag Galloway

Design ................. Lucy Read & Giulia Scrimieri

Translation ............ Alex Chisholm

 

The classical Greek myth of the nymph Echo and her fatal love for the beautiful Narcissus is transformed into an enchanting new chamber opera. The lovely and lonely Echo falls for Narcissus who has eyes only for his own reflection. Their tragic love story is overseen by a chorus of wise and witty nymphs. With music that draws on the baroque sound of Purcell and Monteverdi, this opera of love and longing is as classical as it is contemporary and a must for all music lovers.

 

Composer Anja Djordjevic was composer-in-residence at the International Composer’s Centre in Sweden and the winner of the prestigious Stevan Mokranjac prize for Narcissus and Echo.

Sung in English.

 

Tour dates:

The Lowry, Salford Quays, October 5-7, 2011

(www.thelowry.com or 0843 208 6000)

 

Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, October 13-15, 2011

(http://www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/ or 01274 233185)

 

London’s Little Opera House, London, October 19 and 20, 2011

(www.kingsheadtheatre.com or 0207 478 0160)

 

For more information, please visit www.milangovedarica.com