More Than Opera : Pieces of Margery: A Concert Performance
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Pieces of Margery is an opera about the challenges a diagnosis of dementia brings to the lives of Margery and Leonard Rey.
After 40 years of marriage their settled and perfect routine is threatened by Margery's early symptoms and diagnosis. Headstrong and independent Margery fears losing her autonomy and her dignity while Leonard content with the way things have always been, grapples with a new reality, fears losing the woman he loves and wonders how to negotiate the changes in the way they must live their future lives.
Pieces of Margery journeys through shock, denial and grief to understanding, love and acceptance.
Composer May Lyon
Libretto May Lyon and Julia Vogel
Conductor Patrick Burns
Accompanied by a Chamber Orchestra
Margery Juel Riggall
Leonard Chris Tonkin
Dr Briggs Adrian Tamburini
Kala Lisette Bolton
Tom Matthew O'Leary
After 40 years of marriage their settled and perfect routine is threatened by Margery's early symptoms and diagnosis. Headstrong and independent Margery fears losing her autonomy and her dignity while Leonard content with the way things have always been, grapples with a new reality, fears losing the woman he loves and wonders how to negotiate the changes in the way they must live their future lives.
Pieces of Margery journeys through shock, denial and grief to understanding, love and acceptance.
Composer May Lyon
Libretto May Lyon and Julia Vogel
Conductor Patrick Burns
Accompanied by a Chamber Orchestra
Margery Juel Riggall
Leonard Chris Tonkin
Dr Briggs Adrian Tamburini
Kala Lisette Bolton
Tom Matthew O'Leary