The Gardeners - a chamber opera by Joanna Wyld & Robert Hugill

Robert Hugill’s & Joanna Wyld's chamber opera, The Gardeners returns for a second performance following its triumphant premiere in June.

'Quite a feat! ... It lingers in the memory' - Classical Source

Composed by Robert Hugill, with libretto by Joanna Wyld, this enduring modern opera sees tensions rise between three generations of the same family who look after war graves in a politically divided region.

This concert performance features Julian Debreuil (Wingate Foundation Award winner), Peter Brathwaite (English National Opera 2017 / 2018), Magid El-Bushra (Orchestre de Radio France), Flora Mcintosh (Anne Zeigler Award winner) and Georgia Mae Bishop (Opera Holland Park young artist 2019), with an instrumental ensemble conducted by the Artistic Director of the London English Song Festival William Vann.

'Hugill's music has a moving serenity and stillness' - Opera Today

Set in a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in a war-torn country amongst the family of gardeners who look after the cemetery, The Gardeners treats the themes of tolerance, remembrance and brotherhood using the garden as a metaphor for the possibility of growth and renewal.

The graves belong to the Dead, who once invaded the land in which they lie. Tensions rise between three generations of the same family who look after war graves in a politically divided region.

'A beautiful piece, beautifully performed' - Seen and Heard International

The Gardeners was premiered at Conway Hall on 18 June 2019.

You can read a selection of reviews at The Gardeners website
https://www.thegardeners.org/the-gardeners-reviews
where there is also a selection of Robert Piwko's photographs of
the event:
https://www.thegardeners.org/conway-hall-premiere/

Further details from TheGardeners.org

Tickets include a glass of wine which will be served in the Garden Museum's lovely garden.