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Culture: Welsh myths and Scottish origins; Theatre James Macmillan talks to Christopher Morley about his new opera The Sacrifice, which has its Birmingham premiere tonight.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20071121
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Byline: Christopher Morley

By a bizarre coincidence, both of the most recent full-length operas commissioned by Welsh National Opera - an honour which only arises only comparatively rarely - come from north of the Scottish border.

First was The Doctor of Myddfai, by Orkneys-based Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, from as far back as 1996, and now we have The Sacrifice by the Glaswegian James MacMillan.

By another coincidence, both tales are drawn from Welsh myths and legends, their action brought forward to a time in the near future. The Sacrifice, with a libretto by the ...

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