| Judith Weir will be featured composer, January 18 –20, 2008 by the BBC at the Barbican, London. ‘Armida’, Judith’s opera for Channel 4 television directed by Margaret Williams and conducted by Philip Headlam with The Continuum Ensemble will be screened as well as a documentary of the filming, ‘Judith Weir - Armida and Other Stories’, directed by Teresa Griffiths. |
Armida (Talise Trevigne) and Ms. Pescado (Donna Bateman), at the television station watch footage of the hostilities between the troops and the native citizens |
Sunday January 20th, 2008 at 11:00am; Cinema 1, Barbican, London:
Scipio’s Dream (music by Judith Weir, directed by Margaret Williams, 1991, BBC)
followed by Armida
Friday January 18th, 2008 at 4:30pm;
Cinema 1, Barbican, London:
Armida by Judith Weir |
Rinaldo (Kenneth Tarver) gives a speech for televison filmed by Carlo (Grant Doyle) and Ubaldo (Olivier Dumait) |
