Thelma (World Première)

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Fairfield Halls: Ashcroft PlayhousePark Lane, London, Greater London, CR9 1DG, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Croydon Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Festival

Programme

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)

Thelma (World premiere)

Performers

Surrey Opera
Jonathan Butcher	Conductor
Christopher Cowell	Director
Bridget Kimak	Set Designer
Christopher Corner	Lighting Designer
Joanna Weeks	Soprano	Thelma
Alberto Sousa	Tenor	Eric
Håkan Vramsmo	Baritone	Carl
Rhonda Browne	Mezzo-soprano	Gudrun
Tim Baldwin	Bass-baritone	King Olaf
Oliver Hunt	Bass	Djaevelen
Stephen Anthony Brown	Tenor	Neck-König
Patricia Robertson	Mezzo-soprano	Trolla

Map

Thelma makes her Debut with Surrey Opera

Katy S. Austin, 14th February

It had lain in the archives of the British Library since around 1986. Now, rediscovered by a PhD student and transcribed by Stephen Anthony-Brown, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s opera Thelma has at last received its world première in the capable hands of Surrey Opera.It’s a small miracle that Thelma, written between 1907 and 1909, came to be performed at all.

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