To St George’s in Bristol – my favourite music venue in Britain ‒ for Benjamin Britten’s The Little Sweep. In a superb production, full of strong performances, was the debut at ten of my grand-daughter Isobel.
The Little Sweep was created as the final part of Britten’s
entertainment for young people, Let’s Make an Opera! He wrote it in 1949, just
four years after the premiรจre
of his breakthrough opera, Peter Grimes. And, although it’s written for
children, there is no sense that it is dumbed down for them. This is real
Britten.
At St George’s, the excellent musical director Mark Lawrence
started proceedings by coaching the whole audience in singing the four
“audience songs”.
Altogether a magical evening.
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