Albergo Empedocle [1990]

A comedy of stiff upper lips. Libretto by Nicholas Till after E.M.Forster.

Premiere 12.6.90, London International Opera Festival, MMTT dir Nicholas Till, conducted by the composer. 1 act ca 60 mins, 2 sop, ten, bar, bass; string quartet.

...the word-setting is easy, fluent and pointed, the humour as obvious as Till's but clearly conveyed....Opera

The result in Barker's hands was effective as theatre, with a swift-moving structure and fast-moving action...Musical Times

Lucinda Broadbridge and John Cashmore

Other cast included

Philippa Dames-Longworth

Harold Milner

Simon Vaughan

Directed by Nicholas Till

And played by the Duke String Quartet