Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. Amongst her priorities in this role are the support of school music teachers, of amateur orchestras and choirs, and of rural festivals. [12], Weir's musical language is fairly conservative, with a "knack of making simple musical ideas appear freshly mysterious". Amongst her priorities in this role are the support of school music teachers, of amateur orchestras and choirs, and of rural festivals. Jamie Hulme She was an oboe player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and studied composition with John Tavener during her schooldays. Menottis parade of operatic models coloratura showpiece, rage aria and lament were effortlessly pointed up and the rapport between the singers was communicated with both tenderness and impatience. The work was made in co-operation with Margaret Williams. Luna De Mol, Violin II Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. . If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. Indeed it has. Mae Weir wedi ysgrifennu sawl opera llwyddiannus, gan gynnwys The Black Spider (1985), A Night at the Chinese Opera (1987), Blond Eckbert (1994) a Miss Fortune (2011). . The most recent opera is Miss Fortune, premiered at Bregenz in 2011, and then staged at the Royal . Published by Chester Music (HL.14035701). Judith Weir must be considered one of the most successful Britishoperacomposers since Britten, Get priority booking for outstanding performances & access to exclusive events, 2023 Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, See the CVs for Guildhall School Final Year Production Arts students, Production Arts teaching staff and technicians can be found on our website. She has a large catalogue of performed works to her name, which will silence any who doubt her considerable gifts, especially vocal. Miss Fortune in name and deed. In collaboration with director Margaret Williams, Weir has created several opera films, including Scipios Dream, Hello Dolly, and Armida. It has been a hyperactive week for hubris, schadenfreude and any other not quite correctly used foreign words you care to scatter. Aoife Moran See the CVs for Guildhall School Final Year Production Arts students. Judith Weir CBE HonFRSE (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music. Paula Guerra In a face-off between Gabriele Viviani's Scarpia and Malin Bystrms Tosca in this solid revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 production, there could only be one winner. Alaric Green Lydia Haynes Firstly, when disaster strikes the family, our heroine leaves home for the mean streets of her own accord (in the original, she is cast out by her superstitious mother). Either way, it makes a good spectacle. or you can purchase and download online, The music of Judith Weir is published by Chester Music Ltd and Novello & Co Ltd, part of Wise Music Group. Voices & Orchestra. Whilst there is nothing especially laudable . Tiago Costa Iben Bering Srensen What a waste of talent and resources. But Miss Fortune is warm and fuzzy where it should be hard and edgy, its a social fable with contemporary resonances in everything but its words and music, and worst of all its an adult opera which sounds like its spoon feeding amateur philosophy to a child. Joshua Saunders 024 IN 2. Did the huge generic trapezium in the middle of the stage represent the dizzying moral precipice over which we mortals all too often hurl ourselves, especially in the name of making opera? Fate - Andrew Watts. A recording of this production will be available to watch online for free after the performances. Judith Weir's opera is a story about Tina and how her life dramatically changes course overnight; it is a story about fate and fortune. In recent years, Judith Weir has considerably expanded her choral catalogue, with regular performance by choirs worldwide of music such as her Christmas carolIlluminare, Jerusalemwritten for Stephen Cleobury and the choir of Kings College Cambridge. London But this encyclopedic experience helps. She held the post of Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 1998. Gian Carlo Menotti The TelephoneLucy Segomotso Shupinyaneng, Ben Jonathan Eyers. Judith Weir Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. Based on a Sicilian folk tale, Miss Fortune has some of the elliptical angularity of Weir's successful A Night at the Chinese Opera (1987). Kyra Coppini, Production Sound Engineers Was it a plane, a boat or a train? Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. . Miss Fortune. Where Weirs orchestral writing is full and rich, the vocal parts are for the most part agile and harsh. 2010-2023 Bachtrack Ltd. All rights reserved. YouTube Encyclopedic. JUDITH WEIR AT 70 OPERAS. Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London; Monday 28th February 2022. 145 Miss Weir Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE Collections Project #ShowUs Creative Insights EDITORIAL VIDEO BBC Motion Gallery NBC News Archives MUSIC BLOG BROWSE PRICING ENTERPRISE VisualGPS INSIGHTS BOARDS BASKET SIGN IN Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO Born: 11 May 1954, United Kingdom Died: NA Country most active: United Kingdom Also known as: NA Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. Called Miss Fortune, the story is about money, fate and fortune. It was a concept that worked well on paper, but the contrasting styles and libretti of Gian Carlo Menotti and Judith Weir one charming and unpretentious, the other angular and banal felt mismatched musically and made for an uneven night. Above all, I felt justified in having written the opera in the first place. Weir was born in Cambridge, England, to Scottish parents. What you think of Miss Fortunes music will depend very much on personal tastes: I found it music to admire rather than to love. Both portrayals were wonderfully convincing musically and dramatically, each singer having an easy stage presence and voices that hold the ear with roundness of tone and crystal-clear diction. She was an oboe player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and studied composition with John Tavener during her schooldays. Judith Weir CBE (born 1954) [1] is a British composer and the first female Master of the Queen's Music. Opera: Voices & Orchestra. But I personally have been feeling thoroughly revived after GSMD's energy-giving version of my 2011 opera "Miss Fortune" which opened at the beginning of March. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Unsolved problems: (l-r) Kathryn Harries, Alan Ewing and Emma Bell struggle to make an impression at Covent Garden. 7. Ben Mills, Deputy Stage ManagerAndrea Stier Andersen, Assistant Stage Managers She was a visiting distinguished research professor in composition at Cardiff University from 2006 to 2009. The once-rich little heroine, dogged by cruel Fate,. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. The opera touches on many things relevant to modern life - the banking crisis, unemployment, sweatshop working conditions, the choice between money and love - but it doesnt have anything significant to say about any of them. Albery's production allows the opera to speak for itself, although sluggish pacing in the pit detract from the musical merits of this revival. And the greatest irony of all Miss Fortune wins the lottery. Continue using the site as normal or read our Joana Praa* He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. And yet the characters are archetypes who grovel in the dirt of clich. . She was an oboe player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and studied composition with John Tavener during her schooldays. Tina, their daughter Erin Gwyn Rossington (28 Feb & 4 Mar), Cleo Lee McGowan (2 & 7 Mar) Judith Weir. SATB Choir and Organ Book Only Classical Composed by Judith Weir (1954-). Composed 2000. But when the once wealthy Tina (a self-consciously red-headed but vocally resolute Emma Bell) turns on Fate (a wasted Andrew Watts) and halfway through this short and pointless evening enquires: Was it you who turned my life upside down? we know weve come precisely nowhere very fast. What drew me was finding something that would bring my performing friends together. . Plan your journey and find more route information in Your Visit or book your car parking space in advance. Georgia Lloyd* Indeed it has. Beri Valentine, Stage Management Props Supervisor For Rap read rhyming couplets. Unlike in the first act, the music lets up on the never-ending tension (the strident voiceover of Fate is absent for Simon's aria), and several of the subsequent scenes are more enjoyable for it. In some ways I feel I've seen the piece for the first time, in a staging (by Martin Lloyd-Evans) which very closely expressed my intentions when I first imagined it. The spare orchestration, full of scurrying chromatics, often glistening string writing and crisply atmospheric percussion, including piano, was potentially attractive and melodic, though its variety was mostly lost in the ROH auditorium. [11] In 2023, Weir was announced as one of the composers who would each create a brand new piece for the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Miss Fortune . Christian Morris talks to Judith Weir, whose new opera Miss Fortune will receive its UK premire on 12th March at the Royal Opera House. I was aiming to write an urban folk tale that reminded me of everyday life, colliding with the grandeur of opera. This is a libretto which vacillates between the banal and the unintentionally comedic (or is that irony?) 28 pages. Weir was appointed a CBE in 1995 Composer Judith Weir CBE is to become the first female Master of the Queen's Music. 5, Rimsky-Korsakov Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh LSO/Noseda. Yn aml mae . Silver Tassie Operas. Judith Weir's music is published by Chester Music and Novello & Co. a reference to Mozart's great scene where people on a beach are menaced by a sea monster. As Miss Fortune sings of entering the "shadows" and "dark streets" of the real world, she's set upon by six representatives of this rough shadowy place, a gang of bopping black thugs, who go on to destroy the factory she's working for and torch a kebab van she finds herself taking shelter in. She struggles, wins the lottery, casts aside money and goes off with the handsome prince, in his mercifully clean shirt. Bass clarinet But I personally have been feeling thoroughly revived after GSMD's energy-giving version of my 2011 opera "Miss Fortune" which opened at the beginning of March. Public transport Last month, as we reconvened in London to rehearse for this week's UK debut, conductor Paul Daniel considered the problems. Two outstanding performances by young singers light up a splendidly crafted revival of Caurier and Leiser's colourful production. Set within Bayview Developments, an exclusive estate agents (where clients are assured of no social housing) we meet the sales girl and chatterbox Lucy, Segomotso Shupinyaneng, and the ever-patient and earnest Ben, Jonathan Eyers. In 1987, her first half-length opera, A Night at the Chinese Opera, was premiered at Kent Opera. 9 Bavarian Radio Sinfonieorchester/Rattle, GRAMOPHONE Review: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. In London, the tricky proposition of portraying a chaotic cloud has been undertaken by Soul Mavericks, breakdancers with an amazing ability to perform hundreds of complex patterns, often in mid-air. Oliver Mears' new production of Britten's chamber opera is a visceral reflection on tyranny and sexual violence. Malena Benavent Miss Fortune in name and deed. The kebab shop and the breakdancers are great, but Tom Pyes sets have much more: giant, mirror-smooth geometric structures are brightly lit in primary colours and turned by video effects into a shifting industrial landscape, all set against a plain screen background lit with vividly coloured gradients. Kosta Popovic Lisette Oropesa leads strong vocal performances in Handel's madcap tale of love and sorcery. [16], The first public performance of Weir's arrangement of "God Save the Queen" was performed at the reburial of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015. Intimate reinvention: Guildhall School of Music & Drama reassesses Judith Weir's Miss Fortune in a double bill with Giancarlo Menotti's The Telephone, directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, conducted by.