As anarchic all-woman choir Gaggle prepare for their performance of The Brilliant and The Dark at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 27 September, TOW catches up with leader Deborah Coughlin about the who, what, when, where and why’s and it’s really not what you might think!
The opera, which is about the history of women from Middle Ages to World War II, was first performed in 1969 with a cast of 1,000 women volunteering at the same venue.
Deborah and Gaggle have brought the subject matter right up to the present day in their reworking of the piece. Amazed that such a historic event could have been lost from the history books Gaggle are looking to give it it’s rightful place in cultural her-story.
The Brilliant and The Dark from Open Music Archive on Vimeo.