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New production of Gerald Barry's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' opens at Garsington Opera
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New production of Gerald Barry's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' opens at Garsington Opera
Jack Furness directed the opera with a cast including Henry Waddington as Lady Bracknell, and Douglas Boyd conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra.
- The production features a grand piano on stilts, a kangaroo that dies, a dirt floor, a working hose, and miniature cows.
- Henry Waddington performed Lady Bracknell; the cast included Seán Boylan, Zahid Siddiqui, Holly Brown, Jennifer France, Susan Bickley, Kevin Whately, and Peter Lidbetter.
- Douglas Boyd led a subset of the Philharmonia Orchestra in the performance.
- Composer Gerald Barry has described the work as "an opera of delirium" based on Oscar Wilde's play.
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