stravinsky

Wedding of the year

(photo by Pete Ashton) I saw Birmingham Opera Company’s staging of Stravinsky’s The Wedding on Friday night – the dress rehearsal, to be precise. Claire Ferrell has commented on our previous post to say: I attended this last night, the performance was absolutely incredible. I am a huge fan of Birmingham Opera Company, they blow me away … [Read more…]

Stravinsky’s The Wedding

This weekend Birmingham Opera Company will be presenting Stravinsky’s The Wedding at A E Harris. The experimental performance will last half an hour, as audiences are drawn around the space, with no formal seating and performance area. The Wedding is a screaming, shrieking, flat out masterpiece with its rhythmic drive and unique sound world – … [Read more…]