London premiere of The Golden Thread at the 2023 Tête à Tête Opera Festival

Wednesday 30 August 2023 | 7pm

Mezzo soprano - Thalie Knights

Musicians from the Endelienta Ensemble

The Golden Thread is a contemporary cantata for mezzo soprano and large chamber ensemble. With themes of renewal, hope, and feminine strength, the piece depicts a young woman’s encounter with the Green Man and his more sinister counterpart, the Erlking. 

 Inspired by Angela Carter’s retelling of the Goethe myth, this dramatic cantata received a rare electrifying response at its first performance. Commissioned and premiered by the Green Man Gallery, Buxton; the piece explores the dualities of power and entrapment, destruction and creation, death and renewal.

Supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

Tickets available here: https://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/the-golden-thread/