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L'amour de Loin
Plays/ Opera

"Love from Afar"

From 30/06/2009 at 23:00 to 11/07/2009 at 22:59

L'Amour de Loin

L’amour de loin (Love from Afar) is the first opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho from a five act French libretto by Amin Maalouf.
 
The story :
Act I
Jaufré, having become weary of the pleasures of life, longs for a different love, one faraway, but realizes that it is unlikely that he will ever find her. The chorus, made up of his old companions, laugh at his dreams and tell him the woman he sings about does not exist. However, a Pilgrim, recently arrived from abroad, tells Jaufré that such a woman does indeed exist because he has met her. Jaufré then devotes himself to thinking only of her...

Cast:
Jaufre Rudel Roderick Williams; Clemence Joan Rodgers; The Pilgrim Faith Sherman 
Running time: 2hrs 40mins

Price :  £20. Limited premium seats £50.

Times :
Jul 03, 7:30pm   
Jul 07, 7:30pm   
Jul 09, 7:30pm   
Jul 11, 6:30pm


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