Cunningham: The Okavango Macbeth

A Chamber Opera

Beth Mackay, Rónan Busfield, Andrew McTaggart, Nicholas Ellenbogen, Michael Bawtree, Nicholas Morris, Jamie Rock, Jessica Leary & Lucinda Stuart-Grant Mr McFall’s Chamber, Edinburgh Studio Opera chorus & Mr McFall’s Chamber, Michael Bawtree

The Macbeth story as played out in a troupe of baboons in Botswana? This fanciful idea inspired the writer Alexander McCall Smith and the composer Tom Cunningham to come up with their chamber opera, 'The Okavango Macbeth'. Set in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, the opera deals with the efforts of an ambitious female baboon, Lady Macbeth, to encourage her husband the dominant baboon, Duncan. The response to the opera’s premiere in the No 1 Ladies’ Opera House, led many to conclude that in this extraordinary and unusual tale a new operatic gem has emerged. "[Alexander McCall Smith] explores the ironies and parallels of this whimsical analogy" The Times, 22 April, 2011 "McCall Smith’s succinct libretto is spun by composer Tom Cunningham into gorgeous tuneful melodies that linger" The Scotsman, 23 April, 2011 FIVE STARS

Price: $39.98