Mood:  quizzical

LOVE, war and betrayal may be the stock in trade of the operatic repertoire, but composer Nigel Osborne's latest work updates the format to one of the most harrowing war zones of modern times – the Balkans..

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Its all opera. Interestingly one of the players cant read music. Its on tour in Scotland before it travels to Turkey, Georgia, the Balkans and the US.

"In 1966, I was 16 and decided to hitchhike to Asia. I'd travelled over borders you couldn't dream of crossing today: Iran, Iraq, even Israel."

 Sevdah ideal for opera ? What is sevdah?

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/Conflict-diamonds--Nigel-Osborne.4093481.jp

Posted by mach1231 at 11:55 AM PDT

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