Blond Eckbert: Double Bill
Author(s):
Judith Weir
Company:
English Touring Opera
Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert is a haunting tale of isolation and guilt, based on a supernatural short story by the Romantic author Ludwig Tieck and presented in a new co-production with Britten Pears Arts.
Eckbert and Berthe live a life of quiet solitude in their forest home, but an unexpected visit from an old friend sets in motion a series of revelations and mysteries.
As dark secrets surface, Eckbert suspects his world is far stranger than it first appeared, and that the past is maybe best left buried.
Blond Eckbert is performed alongside Do not take my story for a fairytale, a staging of song cycles and cantatas exploring love, isolation and the terrible wonder of the natural world.