Public Solitude: The Paradox of the Operatic Anchoress

 

A virtual paper for MedRen 2020, about Robert Saxton and Arnold Wesker's opera Caritas, and medieval England's original lockdown queens. 

All recordings are from "Robert Saxton ‎– Caritas" (1992), Collins Classics ‎(CD 13502). 

Composer: Robert Saxton 

Libretto: Arnold Wesker 

Conductor: Diego Masson 

Orchestra: English Northern Philharmonia 

Christine: Eirian Davies 

Robert: Christopher Ventris 

Bishop: Jonathan Best