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It elaborates the traditional puppet-play into an opera of stylised violence and ritual: the simplicity of the children's entertainment contrasts with Punch's homicidal actions
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Producer/ Editing & mastering: David Lefeber
'A near-exemplary presentation of a work that offers much of the substance in it's treatment of an age-old yet continually relevant narrative
Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain Format:FLAC16 It elaborates the traditional puppet-playBirtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal apparitions, evil magical powers, amorous entanglements and a singing decapitated head. This production of Gawain for the Royal Opera House, recorded by BBC Radio 3, was supported by the Arts Council of England,
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