5th August

Concert will begin at 06:00 hours GMT

Harris' 'Brass Poppies' with Egglestone, Court, Tucker and Leese from Auckland

Harris' 'Brass Poppies' is a chamber opera to a libretto by Vincent O'Sullivan. It focuses on the disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the fate of the Wellington Regiment at Chunuk Bair. Performers:

Col William Malone: James Egglestone.
Mrs Malone: Sarah Court.
Tommo: Robert Tucker.
Mary/Luck: Anna Leese.
Billy: Jonathan Eyers.
Joyce: Madison Nonoa.
Fred: Wade Kernot.
Lucy: Mary Newman-Pound.
Turk/Patriot: Andrew Glover.

Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Hamish McKeich.

Recorded.