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World premiere of The Life To Come - an opera by Louis Mander and Stephen Fry

When
Thursday September 28, 2017 at 19:45
Where
Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Tickets
£25, £22, £3 / £2 off for concessions (not seniors) and groups of 10 or more school groups of ten or more £12
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  1. The Life to Come - Louis Mander

Surrey Opera are proud to present the world premiere of a new opera in two acts based on the EM Forster story ‘The life to come', with music by talented young composer Louis Mander and libretto by renowned actor, presenter and writer Stephen Fry. The opera is the powerful and tragic story of the love between Edwardian Christian Missionary Paul Pinmay and the African Tribal chief he came to convert, Vithobai. It explores the forbidden relationship between the two men and the repercussions it has on them, their lives and their families and communities. It addresses spiritual and religious conflicts in the tension between prejudices and freedom.

When Louis Mander and Stephen Fry set about creating this opera, Louis found himself “fired up with passionate musical ideas; arching melodies, rich harmonies and orchestral colours which arose from the highly exotic and erotic subject matter of EM Forster's immaculately beautiful short story The life to come”. Stephen describes it as “one of EM Forster’s most beguiling and brilliant short stories.... It speaks of colonialism, sexuality, love and religion in unique ways".

Surrey Opera is proud to present this world premiere, with professional principals, chorus and orchestra, directed and conducted by Jonathan Butcher.


Venue
Harlequin Theatre
Warwick Quadrant
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 1NN
England


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