5/26/2023 0 Comments The remarkable rocket![]() ![]() In a pragmatic move the group opted for a middle ground between a showcase performance and a fully staged opera, compiling a new work out of various numbers from opera classics (chosen to suit the available voices) drawn together within the plot of a short story by Oscar Wilde – “The Remarkable Rocket” – with newly written English lyrics by Jen McGregor and Grace Moran for the sung items to match. ![]() ![]() In these circumstances it is commendable that a student opera ensemble should try to put on a public performance at all, let alone a full production with a runtime of over an hour (I dread to think of the blood, sweat, toil and tears that went into the music editing for what must have been hundreds of separately recorded audio tracks and videos!). Thankfully, groups like Edinburgh Studio Opera (ESO) are taking the initiative and making the best of technology to move productions online, despite being at a huge disadvantage compared to professional ensembles with access to far greater resources. The pandemic has been a trying time for music ensembles in general and student music groups – subject to not one but two or even three sets of restrictions – have been some of the hardest hit. An online performance The Remarkable Rocket was presented by local student opera group, Edinburgh Studio Opera. ![]()
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