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Singers required for The Withered Arm at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios this summer. The Withered Arm is a new musical adaptation of the Thomas Hardy short story created collaboratively between composer Jenny Gould, librettist Rachel Barnett and director Joanna Turner. Telling the exciting spooky story through music and drama, this innovative piece is tonal, highly dramatic and sits somewhere between music theatre (in the most general sense of the term) and opera. The Hardy story can be read online.

After receiving Arts Council funding for our Research & Development period in September 2010 with additional support from The Hardy Society and Opera North, we have now been asked to perform the next stage of the piece at Tête à Tête in August 2011. This will be a midstage development with the first act fully staged and key pieces sung from the second act, with the aim to garner creative, practical and financial support to enable us to realise a funded full production in 2012.

Tenor – Son and Narrator – playing age late teens/20s.
Baritone – Farmer Lodge and Narrator – playing age 30s/40s.

Must have excellent clarity in singing English.

Audition dates: Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July (recalls 16th and 17th July).
Rehearsal dates: Monday 1st – Friday 5th August (rehearsal space provided by the National Theatre)
Performance dates: Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th August at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios.

This is an unpaid opportunity for all involved but will be an exciting experience providing excellent exposure, CV credit and networking opportunities.

To apply please send a CV, headshot and voicereel to thewitheredarm@gmail.com.

Composer Jenny Gould
The Nightingale and the Rose - musical adaptation of short story by Oscar Wilde, presented at Grimeborn 2008. Prince Caspian, children's opera commissioned by Opera Brava and touring UK. Currently working on new commission for Opera Brava for 2012. Trained Guildhall and University of Birmingham. Resident Composer with Young Shakespeare Company.

Librettist Rachel Barnett
Rachel Barnett runs Peut-etre Theatre, her shows have toured across the country to venues ranging from Lyric Hammersmith to Chichester Festival Theatre. As a playwright her plays have been performed at the Royal Court, Hampstead Theatre and Theatre 503. For more information see www.peutetretheatre.co.uk

Director Joanna Turner
Revival Director at Opera North on Daniel Kramer’s Carmen. Staff/Assistant Director at WNO, Scottish Opera, Opera North, and on Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna at Sadler’s Wells and Toronto Luminato Festival. Own directing work includes productions at Theatre 503 and Southwark Playhouse and literary work for Liverpool Everyman and Manchester Royal Exchange.

Creative team includes: Set & Costume Design Petra Hjortsberg Lighting Design Avril Cook
Video Design Verity Healey.

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