Category Melangell

                                      (for Jules Riley) translation of the libretto by Mary Burdett-Jones Storyteller (soprano)Melangell (mezzo soprano)Cufwlch, Melangell’s father, an Irish king (bass)Ethni, Melangell’s mother, an Irish queen (contralto)Warrior (tenor)Brochfael, a Welsh king (baritone)Chorus (courtiers, huntsmen, nuns) OVERTURE(back projection of ghostly shapes…

I was asked to write the libretto for an opera on the theme of the Welsh saint Melangell by the composer Jules Riley, who had been very impressed by the church and its setting at Pennant Melangell. I chose to…