DEBUSSY PREMIERE

The Devil in the Belfry (Le Diable au Beffroi) receives its staged world premiere in Gottingen on 10th and 11th December. The Gottinger Symphonie Orchester is conducted by Christoph-Mathias Mueller with video-installations by Lyoudmila Milanova.

My libretto is based on Debussy's original scenario for a one act comic opera inspired by the E.A.Poe short story. The music has been completed and orchestrated by Robert Orledge, one of the world's leading Debussy experts. It plays in a double bill with Robert's completion of Debussy's other Poe opera, The Fall of the House of Usher.

The talk Rob Orledge and I gave at Gresham College last year on our reconstruction is available via You Tube

Update on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 2:39PM by Stephen Wyatt

Standing ovations and packed houses apparently for the two performances of the Debussy double bill. Sorry I wasn't able to be there!

"An outstanding and significant opera event". Goettinger Tageblatt