Caedmon

Chamber opera in one act after a play by Christopher Fry about the Anglo-Saxon poet

1989 revised 1991

1 hr 10 min

Commissioned by the Garden Venture at the Royal Opera House

Six singers: S, MS, T, T, Bar, B
fl, clar, horn, harp, vln, vla, cello

Score

available from the composer

or at the British Music Information Centre

Listen

Live recording available at the Barbican Library

Libretto

taken by the composer from the play One Thing More by Christopher Fry

Performances

18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27 May 1989 at the Donmar Warehouse, London as part of the London International Opera Festival