Selected highlights from the review:
- Overall, though, there is a formality, of a ritual and spiritual kind, tht his opera observes consistently and with considerable impact. The Angry Young Man’s final words are of reassurance and hope - ‘I will tell them, brothers. They will listen.’
- Hugill's music has a moving serenity.
- Peter Brathwaite’s Old Gardener was compelling, sung with emotive tone and claar diction.
- the bass baritone Julian Debreuil had real presence, using his strength and colour effectively.
- Counter-tenor Magid El-Bushra ... was dramatically and vocally transfigured.
- Flora McIntosh’s Grandmother made a strong mark and she used her lower range very dramatically; her duet with Goergia Mae Bishop's mother introduced some welcome irony and humour.
- The instrumental ensemble - comprising violin, viola, cello, clarinet and harp - played sensitively, directed by William Vann with scrupulous attention to detail
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