Music: Janet Oates
Words: Simon Pettifar

What would you sacrifice for love? A traveller is drawn to rediscover the rural idyll of simple content and loving self-sacrifice of the people he encountered years before in his innocent wanderings through the French countryside. His hopes are crushed when he is forced to confront a reality in stark contrast with his privileged complacency and is exposed to the darkness of life. Unusual instrumentation, a dream-like chorus and richly complex music are set alongside folk tunes from the Provençale area of the opera’s mise-en-scène, taking us on the Traveller’s tense journey from naivety into darkness.

https://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/hidden-lovers/

Monday 22 September - 7:30pm