Birmingham Opera Company's premiere production of woman.life.song by Judith Weir
Schedule
Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
St Martin in the Bull Ring | Birmingham, EN
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🎉We are thrilled to announce that tickets are officially on sale for woman.life.song!🎉Birmingham Opera Company presents Judith Weir's woman.life.song
In the late 1990’s American star soprano Jessye Norman made a call to the Birmingham Copthorne Hotel. On the other end of the line was British composer Dame Judith Weir. "How would you like to write a solo concert work for me…?" And so, with luminary writers Maya Angelou, Clarissa Pinkola Estés and Toni Morrison, woman.life.song was born, later premiering at Carnegie Hall New York in 2000.
25 years later and in association with Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation (UK) and supported by Arts Council England, Birmingham Opera Company brings the work home.
Join on an extraordinary journey into Judith Weir’s woman.life.song filled with Brummie pride and talent as chorus, actors, dancers, star soloists Gweneth Ann Rand and Madison Nonoa and a cracking creative team led by director Madeleine Kludje and conductor Alpesh Chauhan OBE.
Our landmark world premiere production of Judith Weir’s woman.life.song is a simple and compelling universal story about a life from birth to youth, to old age to death. We invite you to come along as we take you on this journey, sowing seeds of wisdom through life’s ups and downs.
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
Saturday 23rd August, 18:30
Saturday 23rd August, 20:00
Sunday 24th August, 18:30
Sunday 24th August, 20:00
(Stay tuned for a special Birmingham Weekender programme on Monday 25th August)
Duration approx.1 hour
All tickets under £10!
TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS, Visit our website: https://www.birminghamopera.org.uk/woman-life-song
CREATIVE TEAM:
DIRECTOR – Madeleine Kludje
CONDUCTOR – Alpesh Chauhan OBE
DESIGNER – Debbie Duru
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – Gabrielle Nimo
CHORUS DIRECTOR – Mariana Rosas
CHORUS DIRECTOR – Themba Mvula
CHORAL ARRANGEMENT – Allyson Devenish and Gweneth Ann Rand
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – Keiren Hamilton-Amos
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR – Rosina Flueckiger
FEATURING:
ROSE - Gweneth Ann Rand
VIOLET - Madison Nonoa
Alongside the awesome Birmingham Opera Company Orchestra, Chorus and Actors
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Where is it happening?
St Martin in the Bull Ring, Notemachine, Moat Lane, Birmingham, B5 5, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
