The Lighthouse (Opera)
Opera premiere performed in Edinburgh as part of the 1980 Edinburgh Festival.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Arthur – Officer 3 (bass) | David Wilson-Johnson |
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Blazes – Officer 2 (baritone) | Michael Rippon |
Sandy – Officer 1 (tenor) | Neil Mackie |
Voice of the Cards | David Wilson-Johnson |
Crew | |
Composer | Peter Maxwell Davies |
Conductor | Richard Dufallo |
Designer | Finlay James |
Director | David William |
Lighting Designer | Mick Hughes |
Orchestra | ‘Fires of London’ |
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Play description
Inspired by a true story. In December 1900 a lighthouse supply ship call the Hesperus, based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of duty to the Flannon Isles in the Outer Hebrides. The lighthouse was empty – all three beds and the table looked as if they had been left in a hurry and the lamp, through out, was in perfect working order, but the men had disappeared into thin air.
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