Director Simon Iorio
Conductor/composer: Howard Moody
Cast:
Korimako: Tom Scott-Cowell (countertenor)
Elin: Nazan Fikret (soprano)
Alex: Michael Wallace (baritone)
Kronos: Zara McFarlane (jazz singer)
Maya: Louise Winter (soprano, perhaps mezzo)
(not on IMDb)
https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/watch-agreed-online/
https://youtu.be/nq5mw-axv9Q
https://www.glyndebourne.com/opera-archive/explore-our-operas/explore-agreed/
http://www.glyndebourne.com/opera-archive/explore-our-operas/explore-agreed/agreed-synopsis/
Premiered 2019
Although this was in English, and has subtitles, it was hard to follow. They were trying to be ethereal, both ancient and modern.
Set in a land called Orientis, with a nearby island of Aquila, we get political strife that separates a family. Then love blooms and the politics separate the lovers, causing her death. Some sort of reconciliation appears to happen at the end.
What's not clear to me is why the "leader" of the land banished those born in Aquila back to that island. Was it political or was he just trying to rid himself of his mother? When she returns after 15 years, was that his motivation for making the separation of the land from the island even stronger, losing his daughter in the process? If the synopsis, written by the librettist, explained it, I missed it.
GlyndebourneOpera, cond. Moody; 7-
