OLIVER RUDLAND

A romantic opera based on the short story by

Oscar Wilde

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Overhearing a student’s heartsick lament of unrequited love from her nest, a nightingale decides that she will find the one object that will save the day: a single red rose. However, there is no red rose tree in the garden and only the deadly sacrifice of her heart’s blood, procured though song, can summon one.

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Music and libretto by Oliver Rudland

 

First Staged Performance:

 

9th - 12th July 2008

Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

 

Director: Jonathan Clift

Conductor: Michael Williamson

Costume Design: Jonathan Clift

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Photos © Leeds Youth Opera