Triptych: Women at War

Triptych: Women at War is a trio of three short operatic works.

The original text

Triptych brings together three distinct works, where each piece, or ‘panel,’ engages in a thought-provoking dialogue with the others. This trio of works is bound by the evocative theme of women. The pieces are King Harald’s Saga by Judith Weir, A Letter from Sullivan Ballou by John Kander and Erwartung by Arnold Schoenberg and Marie Pappenheim.

Performance history in South Africa

2025: Presented by Cape Town Opera at the Wave Theatre as part of Cape Town Opera Shorts: a Festival of Short Operas!. Directed by Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer, with production design by Allegra Bernacchioni, video design by Kirsti Cumming, lighting design by Luke Ellenbogen. Performed by Alida Scheepers, Nonhlanhla Yende and Clara Hugo.

Sources

https://capetownopera.co.za/shorts-opera-festival/

https://humanities.uct.ac.za/college-music/events/shorts-festival-pocket-operas Go to ESAT Bibliography

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