Noye's Fludde
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Noye's FluddeBenjamin Britten Arweinydd/Conductor
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In a ground-breaking project involving more than a thousand young people, Mid Wales Opera joins 5 venues across Wales to present a dynamic new production of Benjamin Britten’s opera Noye’s Fludde.
Mrs Noye has lost her way. She has got mixed up with ‘the wrong sort’ and has abandoned her husband and her children. Mr Noye has become increasingly obsessed with the effect of deforestation on the climate and is looking to save the planet and his marriage…
Supported by Size of Wales - a unique scheme to sustain an area of tropical rain forest the size of Wales as part of the national response to climate change - this is a lively, witty and relevant take on a familiar familiar story. Hundreds of young actors, singers, instrumentalists and dancers from every region of Wales will work alongside Mid Wales Opera’s professional orchestra and principal singers, with choreography created by Ballet Cymru.
Noye’s Fludde was first performed in 1957 and is Britten’s best known work for children. In our production baritone Charles Johnston will take the role of Mr Noye (Falstaff in MWO’s 2010 production) with mezzo-soprano Ann Atkinson as his sun-worshipping wife. Children and young people from schools, youth theatre groups, dance groups and orchestras across the country will perform other roles, play, dance and sing, under the direction of Clare Williams, conducted by Mid Wales Opera’s Artistic Director, Nicholas Cleobury.
For more pictures of the Aberystwyth residency click here
Our partner venues in this project are:
Aberystwyth Arts Centre (performances on 20 October 2011)
Theatr Brycheiniog (performances on 24 November 2011)
Hafren, Newtown (performances on 27 April 2012)
Gwyn Hall, Neath (performances on 18 October 2012)
We are extremely grateful for the support of our other major funders, the Colwinston Charitable Trust and the Arts Council of Wales, which has made this project possible.
To find out more about how you can help to save tropical forests visit Size of Wales/Maint Cymru
And you can now follow NoyesFludde on Facebook and Twitter or email us at noyesfludde@midwalesopera.co.uk
Grateful thanks also to Tails and the Unexpected for Mr Noye's costume, John Lewis for the deckchairs and Brollies Galore for the umbrellas
Performance by permission of Boosey and Hawkes and Welsh translation from the National Eisteddfod.
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