David and Jonathan

David & Jonathan was, incredibly, written for a school speech day for Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The work was designed to be the musical reflection of a Latin play Saul, with each act following one of the play. Charpentier's music does not follow French opera conventions of the time, and is a remarkable composition and a great psychological drama. It also contains one of the strangest characters in opera - The Witch of Endor. In our production she was played by a child, but sung by a man. The ghost scene is chilling, and the drama and pathos of David and Jonathan's love, and Jonathan's ultimate death is tragic.

Full of beautiful choruses and orchestral movements, David & Jonathan is a unique and beautiful work.