Sumidagawa at the Aldeburgh Festival 2024
The performance of Sumidagawa on 18 June will be one of the main events of the 75th Aldeburgh Festival.
The timeless masterpiece “Sumidagawa” makes its return to the Aldeburgh Festival after a 33-year hiatus. Nine renowned Noh performers from Japan will grace the historic Snape Maltings stage. To honour this historical relationship with Benjamin Britten and his opera “Curlew River” which was strongly influenced by Sumidagawa, we will present insightful pre-performance talks and present a commissioned storytelling performance by Xanthe Gresham-Knight, co-written with young dramaturgist Gareth Mattey, offering a fresh interpretation of the Noh play to the audiences today. Additionally, we will shed new light through pre-performance discussions with two experts and unveil a secret performance in collaboration with Cerith Wyn Evans’ Noh-themed artwork.
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