{"id":5574,"date":"2015-12-01T00:40:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2015-12-01T00:40:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T00:40:01","slug":"hired-a-new-shetland-opera-penned-by-chris-stout-gareth-williams-sian-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/hired-a-new-shetland-opera-penned-by-chris-stout-gareth-williams-sian-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Hired &#8211; A new Shetland Opera penned by Chris Stout, Gareth Williams &#038; Sian Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-23.56.59.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5575\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-23.56.59-216x300.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-23.56.59\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-23.56.59-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-23.56.59.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>Hirda is a new opera inspired by the songs, stories, history and heritage of the Shetland Isles. A collaboration between Shetland fiddler and composer, Chris Stout,\u00a0classical composer Gareth Williams, and librettist Sian Evans, Hirda tells the story of Alastair, a once successful actor who returns to his island home for the wedding of his brother. Everyone\u2019s world is turned upside down when Alastair and his sister-in-law find that they have a strong attraction to each other.The contemporary setting is interwoven with another story about a 19th century woman and her sailor fianc\u00e9, told through letters they wrote to each other. The opera is performed using Shetland words and dialect (\u2018Hirda\u2019 is a Shetlandic word meaning, \u2018chaos\u2019, \u2018confusion\u2019 or \u2018extreme untidiness\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>The production will be premi\u00e8red in the Mareel Arts Centre in Lerwick, Shetland on 26 November, before touring the Shetland Islands. This will be followed by performances in Edinburgh\u2019s Queen\u2019s Hall and Drygate brewery in Glasgow (details below).<\/p>\n<p>Hirda is a part of NOISE\u2019s ongoing objective to create opera for particular communities throughout Scotland, inspired by specific places, their history and stories of the people connected with them. This is NOISE\u2019s second full opera, following the success of the Sloans Project.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/99989153\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cast<br \/>\nJonathan Best bass, James<br \/>\nMarie Claire Breen soprano, Margaret<br \/>\nJamie MacDougall tenor, Iain<br \/>\nLaura Margaret Smith mezzo-soprano,Muireall<br \/>\nDouglas Nairne baritone, Alastair<br \/>\nShuna Sendall soprano, Elsa<\/p>\n<p>Conductor Gareth Williams<br \/>\nDirector James Robert Carson<\/p>\n<p>Designer Alice Hebdon<br \/>\nLX Designer Francis John Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>Project Manager Lucy Deere<\/p>\n<p>Performance dates:<br \/>\nSHETLAND ISLES<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 26 November at 7:30pm<br \/>\n* world premi\u00e8re *<br \/>\nMareel Arts Centre, Lerwick<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<br \/>\n____________________<br \/>\nFriday 27 November at 7:30pm<br \/>\nHall, Haroldswick<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<br \/>\n____________________<br \/>\nSaturday 28 November at 7:30pm<br \/>\nHall, Vidlin<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<br \/>\n____________________<br \/>\nSunday 29 November at 3:00pm<br \/>\nHall, Sandwick<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<br \/>\n____________________<br \/>\nEDINBURGH<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 3 &amp; Friday 4 December at 7:30pm<br \/>\nThe Queen\u2019s Hall<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<br \/>\n____________________<br \/>\nGLASGOW<\/p>\n<p>Monday 7 &amp; Tuesday 8 December at 7:30pm<br \/>\nDrygate Brewery<br \/>\ninfo \/ tickets<\/p>\n<p>For additional press information please contact:<br \/>\nRobert Carson 07974 007440 jamesrcarson[at]hotmail[dot]com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hirda is a new opera inspired by the songs, stories, history and heritage of the Shetland Isles. A collaboration between Shetland fiddler and composer, Chris Stout,\u00a0classical composer Gareth Williams, and librettist Sian Evans, Hirda tells the story of Alastair, a once successful actor who returns to his island home for the wedding of his brother. 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