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A Cycle Opera Rehearsal
Theater students in Scunthorpe, England, rehearse for their performance celebrating the life of homegrown cyclist Lal White (4:47)
Courtesy of: Nothlincs.tv
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An Opera for an English Olympic Hero
Lal White was forgotten by many, even residents of his small English factory town, but the whimsical Cycle Song hopes to change that
July 2012 |
By Franz Lidz
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Comments (2)
I was going to write & ask the exact same question, but Margery beat me to it! This sounds like a (huge) extension of what Benjamin Britten did in *Noye's Fludde* in that the work was designed to accommodate many, many performers pf every musical (& otherwise) skill level imaginable. Shame on you for not talking about the composer & musical elements! (The snippet we get at the end of this video is our only hint so far, and it already sounds intriguing!)
Posted by Robert A.M. Ross on August 4,2012 | 01:20 PM
I read about this opera in Smithsonian Magazine and then looked for more information here at smithsonian.com. Nowhere do you name the composer (the person who wrote the music) of the opera. Was the music written by the poet who wrote the words? The orchestra conductor? You give me no information. Apparently you think music just sort of 'happens.' In case you don't know, Verdi's operas have music by Verdi. Mozart's operas have music by Mozart. Wagner's operas have music by Wagner. "Cyclesong" apparently has music by nobody. Please send me this information in an reply email. I think you should also print a correction in a future issue of your magazine, with a picture of the woman or man who wrote the music -- just as big as the picture you printed of the man who wrote the words.
Posted by Margery Goldstein on July 16,2012 | 09:14 PM