MARTINU Julietta

Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Rosalind Plowright soprano
Magdalena Kozena
mezzo-soprano
Jean Rigby
mezzo-soprano
                                          Anna Stéphany mezzo-
                                             soprano
                                          William Burden tenor
                                          Andreas Jäggi tenor
                                          Roderick Williams baritone
                                          Frédéric Goncalvès
                                                     bass-baritone
                                          Zdenek Plech bass
                                          BBC Singers

Another unmissable evening at the opera with Jiří Bělohlávek,a line-up of outstanding soloists, including Magdalena Kozena in the title role and William Burden, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Their performance last season of Janácek's The Excursions of Mr Broucek seized its audience and scored an instant critical hit. Expect the same for Martinu's Julietta. The Czech composer's compelling work, subtitled 'The Book of Dreams', has not been heard in London for over 30 years. Its surrealist libretto, ever-shifting action and dreamscapes are subtly etched in a score packed with fantasy and psychological insight.

Concert staging. Sung in French with English surtitles.