Abstract
A Trip to the Moon (An Opera for All Ages) London, Barbican Hall Composer: Andrew Norman Libretto: Andrew Norman World premiere: June 17, 2017 Production premiere: July 9, 2017 Production direction: Karen Gillingham Musical director/conductor: Sir Simon Rattle London Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall School Musicians, LSO Discovery Choirs, LSO Community Choir (Simon Halsey choral director; Lucy Griffiths LSO Discovery Choir conductor; David Lawrence LSO Discovery Choir and LSO Community Choir conductor) Georges: Robert Murray Queen: Iwona Sobotka Eoa: Sophia Burgos For better or worse, there are certain ways one is supposed to behave at the opera. We’ve all craned our necks for better views around the tall-torsoed and the huge-haired, but standing up is not the accepted solution. Yet when the seven-year-old in front of me leapt to his feet, up on his seat, to see what the Moon-people were doing as the Moon-Monster approached, I couldn’t help grinning. Andrew Norman’s A Trip to the Moon (cheerfully subtitled “An Opera for All Ages”) has both charmed and frustrated its reviewers, but at that moment, charm won—decisively.
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