Jane Eyre is an opera in three acts, Op. 134, by John Joubert to a libretto by Kenneth Birkin after the 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë. The opera was written from 1987 until 1997.[1] The world premiere of the revised version took place on 25 October 2016 at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre in Birmingham, England.

Recording

  • Jane Eyre, April Fredrick (soprano) as Jane and David Stout (baritone) as Rochester. Somm.

References

  1. ↑ Opera (2005), vol. 56, issues 7–12, p. 1495: "Based on the opera by John Joubert and Kenneth Birkin, this Jane Eyre was staged against the background of controversy and heartache. Joubert had composed Jane Eyre as a non-commissioned labour of love to Birkin's libretto some...
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