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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="044fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Paul Barker: Composer</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paul Barker: Composer"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 1"><U>Nye 1</U></A>   |   <B>Nye 2</B>   |   <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 3"><U>Nye 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 4"><U>Nye 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 5"><U>Nye 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 5"><U>Nye 5</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2b03.jpg"> <div> Tour:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 1"><U>What is </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 1"><U>Nye Tand, Eh?</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 2"><U>Nye Tand, Eh?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 2"><U>at the BAC</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 3"><U>Backgound</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 5"><U><B>Video and Photos of Performances</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 4"><U>Other Stage Works</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nye 5"><U>Supported by</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#444444" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bac.org.uk/listing_detail.php?id=2609" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bac.org.uk/listing_detail.php"><U><B>Nye Tand, Eh? at BAC</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bac.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bac.org.uk/"><U>The Burst Festival at BAC</U></A>:  14th May 2006</div> <div>      </div> <div>      Opera without words has been a project I have wanted to do for many years. Without words does not mean without narrative or character, though. And there are real benefits for an audience:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No mugging up on the story before they attend.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No surtitles.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No linguistic or pronunciation issues.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No miming.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Just voices with people and a story.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">One that you can follow and understand whatever is your first language.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And...we can tour it anywhere.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Anywhere and to Anyone..</div> <div> Because I love voices, I have made the orchestra entirely optional, so the piece can be performed either a cappella in a small theatre or with full orchestra in a larger one.</div> <div> Seven voices are reduced to two in this tryout of bits of the material here at BAC. And the orchestra is notably absent.</div> <div> But then, it's just sketches, a couple of scenes presented  from the opera.</div> <div> Performed inimitably by <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" >Frances M. Lynch</FONT> & <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" >James Meek</FONT>.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>