The Literature Network - Arts: The Eyre apparent When Michael Berkeley's score was stolen it looked as though Charlotte Bronte's heroine would never become the subject of an opera. But she's singing at last.

Arts: The Eyre apparent When Michael Berkeley's score was stolen it looked as though Charlotte Bronte's heroine would never become the subject of an opera. But she's singing at last.

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20000628
Author:Lynne Walker

Can Jane Eyre be an operatic heroine? The composer who has brought her to musical life knows "if you start with a good story you've already solved some of the problems. With contemporary opera you need everything going for you".

Just over a year ago, when the briefcase containing the only manuscript of his half-completed chamber opera, Jane Eyre, was stolen from his car, Michael Berkeley must have felt as if he had absolutely nothing going for him. Whether or not people hearing Jane Eyre - when Music Theatre Wales gives the first performance at the Cheltenham Festival on Friday - will be ...

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Arts: The Eyre apparent When Michael Berkeley's score was stolen it looked as though Charlotte Bronte's heroine would never become the subject of an opera. But she's singing at last.

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