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Mrs Giggly's Magic School : A Circus Opera / Music by Chloé Charody ; Libretto by Chloé Charody & Duncan Townsend.
Library shelf no. 782.1/ CHA 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
An elderly Mrs Giggly, a retired magic teacher, is in her garden watering her toadstools when she notices the audience.
She invites them in to her eccentric lounge room where her pets Choo-Choo, the singing unicorn is swinging on the chandelier, Brunhidazon, the pole dancing polecat is dancing around her lamp, Lathundra the violinist is breathing fire around the room and her little Tigerfly is swinging upside down on a trapeze playing with her pet fleas.
Amid the chaos, Mrs Giggly tells of the time when she was head teacher at Mrs Giggly's Magic School and of how one day, she lost her belief in magic. That was until, one day, a young girl in a wheelchair called Shauna appeared in her classroom.
Shauna's excitement and eagerness to learn magic reignited the flame within Mrs Giggly. She put her witches hat back on and… poof! Mrs Giggly's Magic School was back! Spellier than ever!
Work Details
Year: 2021
Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, mezzo soprano, violin, piano.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by HomePlay with funds provided by Arts Council England.
First performance: 10 Aug 21. Film studio in Berlin
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Opera
Performances of this work
10 Aug 21: Film studio in Berlin
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