When the Flame Dies

Composer: Hughes, Edward Dudley

Librettist/Text Author: Morris, Roger N.

Conductor: Cueto, Carlos del

Ensemble: Cambridge New Music Players

Eurydice: Phillips, Emily

Orpheus: Podger, Julian

Poet: Grint, Edward

Princess Death: Williams, Lucy

Raymond: Radley, Andrew

Soloist: Reynolds, William

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Date of Production: Nov. 2013

Venue: Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England

Playing Time: 00:35:16

Catalogue Number: MSV99204

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A new opera, with libretto by Roger Morris based on the Orpheus legend, a main character alluding to Jean Cocteau, by British composer Ed Hughes.

A stunning work in one Act, it is presented here in a concert performance recording with a short film by Sheryl Jenkins The Symptoms of his Madness were as Follows.