John Harle opera Angel Magick

The composer John Harle has written an opera based on John Dee and dealing with alchemical themes. This is part of the 1998 BBC series of Promenade concerts and will be broadcast live on Radio 3 in the UK on Tuesday on 21 July from 10.00pm - c. 11.25pm . This work comissioned by the BBC is entitled Angel Magick and includes the following characters and performers:

Edward Kelly - Donald Maxwell - baritone
Sir Philip Sidney - William Purefoy - counter-tenor
Giordano Bruno - Andrew Forbes-Lane - tenor
Edmund Spencer - Jacqueline Miura - mezzo-soprano
Queen Elizabeth I 0 Sarah Leonard - soprano
Dr John Dee - Christopher Good - actor
Jane Dee - Lucy Burge dancer

Fretwork
The Bauhaus Band
Ian Spink choreographer
David Pountney director
John Harle conductor

Details on http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/html/introduction.shtml