Event listing: Jephtha | New Theatre | Tue 23 Oct 2012 at 19:00

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New Theatre Oxford, South-East, OX1 2AG, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Libretto by Rev. Thomas Morell

Performers

Welsh National Opera
Paul Goodwin	Conductor
Katie Mitchell	Director
Robert Murray	Tenor	Jephtha
Alan Ewing	Bass	Zebul
Diana Montague	Mezzo-soprano	Storgé
Fflur Wyn	Soprano	Iphis
Robin Blaze	Mezzo-soprano	Hamor
Claire Ormshaw	Soprano	Angel

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Welsh National Opera at the New Theatre, Oxford: Handel's Jephtha

Julia Savage, 23rd October

Handel’s Jephtha is an oratorio, rather than an opera. However, the story is one of high drama and emotion, and thus the work lends itself easily to operatic adaptation.

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