Scotland's first shopera will be presented this weekend in Glasgow:
Buchanan Galleries is opening its doors to the world of opera, hosting Scotland’s first-ever ‘shopera’ – a -created bold and original production staged in a shopping centre. (Sarah Birstow in The Scotsman)
Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow
Friday 20th June – 7pm
Saturday 21st June – 7pm
Sunday 22nd June – 4:30pm.
Cast:
Bertha Mason – Jolanta Kudra
Alice Fairfax – Caroline Boerner
Jane Eyre – Gabrielle Kornberg
Edward Rochester – William Waterhouse
A Shopera is an opera performed in a shop, and Buchanan Galleries are thrilled to confirm that we'll be hosting composer Rachel Sullivan's first opera Bertha here at the centre from 20th - 22nd June.
Inspired by characters and themes from Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre, Bertha is an operatic re-imagining of the story of Bertha – the “madwoman in the attic". Set in 1808, the two-act shopera explores Bertha’s turbulent life and conveys her emotional turmoil and cognitive deterioration in a time when those with mental ill-health or disabilities, particularly women, were frequently mistreated.
Through dramatic interactions and fragmented memories, Bertha's story unfolds: a story in which, amid her struggle to preserve a sense of self and despite the brutalities of her husband, she discovers her own power and the importance of female connection.
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