The Seal-Woman
Scots Opera Project bring their Celtic Folk Opera The Seal-Woman to Irvine's Harbour Arts Centre on 29th and 30th September!
About The Seal-Woman
A Celtic Folk Opera in two acts by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser & Granville Bantock
On an uninhabited islet in the Western Isles of the Scottish Hebrides, an old crone or 'Cailleach' sings of local legends of seals that turn into mortal women. The voices of a Seal-Woman and her Seal-Sister are heard. Fishermen approach the island. The Islesman recalls a Seal-Woman he has seen before, and when she and her sister appear he keeps hold of their sea-robes, without which they cannot reassume their marine form and will only return those of the sister. He declares his love for the Seal-Woman, and she agrees to go with him.
Seven years later, the Seal-Woman has borne a child, Morag. The Cailleach visits them, and while she sleeps three prophetic swans arrive and predict that the Seal-Woman will be free only when she finds the sea-robe hidden in a peat stack. The Seal-Woman finds her sea robe and is instantly drawn back to the sea. As the Islesman returns he watches as his wife flings herself from the cliff into the sea.
Cast
The Cailleach - Ulrike Wutscher
The Seal-Woman - Sioned Gwen Davies
The Seal-Sister - Colleen Nicoll
The Islesman - David Douglas
Fisherman/Water-Kelpie - Michael Longden
Pianist/Musical Director - Hebba Banyaghla
Scots Opera Project Community Chorus
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