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The Opera Group: Babur in London at Sadler's Wells
Babur in London is the latest production from pioneering opera company The Opera Group, and it provided a thought-provoking evening. A collaborative venture between British-born composer Edward Rushton and New Delhi-based librettist Jeet Thayil, the new work has already toured Switzerland, and arrived in London following dates in Basingstoke, Oxford, Leeds and Birmingham. It tells the story of four young terrorists who are plotting to carry out jihad, when their plans are interrupted by the magical appearance of Babur, the first Mughal Emperor from the 16th century. An iconic and contradictory figure in Indian cultural history, Babur (portrayed charismatically by Omar Ebrahim) is famous for both his bloodthirsty regime and his literary prowess: he is widely acknowledged to have written the first ever autobiography. The introduction of the ghostly dictator into the lives of the four young extremists not only inflames the tensions between them, but is also an unlikely – and welcome – source of comic relief throughout the opera’s exploration of the dark themes of suicide and religious fanaticism.
The production, directed by John Fulljames, begins atmospherically: young Muslim extremist Saira (play
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Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2006: Semi-final & Final
26 & 28 April 2006, Wigmore Hall, London
Jury: Sir Brian McMaster (chairman), Elizabeth Connell, Joan Rodgers, Nigel Douglas and Malcolm Martineau
Not since Garry Magee was the victor in 1995 has a man won the Kathleen Ferrier Award outright. (Jonathan Lemalu was a joint winner in 2002.) Of the ten semi-finalists this year, only three were male. Seven contestants were from overseas (eight if one counts Ireland): two Australians, two New Zealanders, a South African, a Sri Lankan and one from France.
I write this part without knowing which singers have been chosen for the final. First to be heard in the semi-final was soprano Amanda Forbes, the youngest competitor at 24, whose voice was well placed but rather hard in timbre. Her most successful contribution was the Doll Song from “Les contes d’Hoffmann”, in which accurate staccato notes were welcome. She would appear to be an opera-singer primarily. Her high-lying voice should be an asset, as long as she is not type-cast as Olympia or Queen Grimson. I liked her singing in a recital she gave in the Crush Room at Royal Opera, much because of her readiness to vary the weighting of tone. To her credit in this competition was the skilful lifting o