Orchestra
Harrison Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Great for groups
- Date
- Sat, 17 Apr 2027
- Time
- 19:30 · 2h 30m
- Venue
- Glasgow City Halls
- City
- Glasgow
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
- Tickets
- See booking site
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Summary
Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and a cast including John Findon and Anna Dennis in a performance of Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong at Glasgow City Halls.
Why it's fantastic
This surreal opera reimagines King Kong and a Vermeer painting as star-crossed lovers navigating the underworld. With its huge cast of mythological figures and a story that plays like a cinematic dream, this rare concert staging provides a gripping introduction to one of Britain’s most distinctive modern voices.
Programme
Soloists
- John Findon kong - tenor
- Anna Dennis pearl - soprano
- John Tomlinson anubis/death of kong - bass-baritone
- Roderick Williams vermeer - baritone
- Claire Booth mirror - soprano
- Susan Bickley inanna (mrs dollarama) - mezzo-soprano
- John Savournin mr dollarama - bass-baritone
- Tom Randle swami zumzum - tenor
- Alexander Chance orpheus - countertenor
- Stephanie Wake-Edwards madame lena - alto
- Catriona Hewitson mirror echo/eurydice - soprano
- Edward Jowle joe shady/messenger - baritone
- Victoria Newlyn director
