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Cerddoriaeth: Peter Maxwell Davies Geiriau: Randolph Slow and George III

Monodrama gan Syr Peter Maxwell Davies gyda libretto gan Randolph Stow, yn seiliedig ar eiriau’r Brenin Siôr III.

Y CYNHYRCHIAD

Perfformiad Cyntaf: Tuesday 26 March 2013 - Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff

CAST & CHYMERIADAU

  • King Kelvin Thomas

TÎM CREADIGOL

  • Arweinydd Michael Rafferty
  • Cyfarwyddwr Michael McCarthy
  • Cynllunydd Simon Banham
  • Cynllunydd Golau Ace McCarron

ADOLYGIADAU

“Music Theatre Wales’s staging, directed by Michael McCarthy tries nothing fancy and lets the power of Maxwell Davies’s concept speak for itself. Kelvin Thomas’s authoritative embodiment of the night-shirted King is both pathetic and disturbing, complemented by superb playing from MTW’s band, conducted by Michael Rafferty.”

The Telegraph on Eight Songs for a Mad King

“Kelvin Thomas’s performance is one of the most compelling I’ve seen. A lumbering, shambling mountain of a king, in wig and nightdress, Thomas’s portrayal of the deranged George III moves from horror to pity with a hundred nuances of human affliction in between. And his vocal virtuosity is so closely integrated with the voices of the instrumental ensemble, conducted by Michael Rafferty, that they seem a single nerve system — sentient, shattered, always in shock.”

The Times