FULL THE SEAL-WOMAN (Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Perth 2024 Sioned Gwen Davies, David Douglas. Colleen Nicoll

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Seal-Woman  
• Composer: Kennedy-Fraser Marjory   
• Libretto: Granville Bantock’s    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Perth, Scotland, Perth Festival of the Arts, Scots Opera Project  
• Recorded: 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Sioned Gwen Davies, David Douglas. Colleen Nicoll, Ulrike Wutscher, Michael Longden
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Hebba Benyaghla, PIANO  
• Chorus: Scots Opera Project Community Chorus  
• Chorus Master: Michael Longden, Ulrike Wutscher  
• Stage Director: David Douglas  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

This opera, which was first performed in 1924, is based on the folk legend of the mythical Selkie and is inspired and created from songs of the Scottish Hebrides. In this legendary tale of two worlds intertwined, The Seal-Woman features some well-known Scottish favourites, such as An Eriskay Love Lilt, The Seal Woman’s Sea Joy and Sea Sounds, making this the perfect opera for newcomers and seasoned opera goers alike.

Marjory Kennedy-Fraser CBE (1 October 1857 – 22 November 1930) was a Scottish singer, composer and music teacher and supporter of women’s suffrage and pacifism. According to Ray Perman, Kennedy-Fraser “made a career of collecting Gaelic songs in the Hebrides and singing her own Anglicized versions of them.”