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Tornrak is the
third opera by
Welsh composer John Metcalf. It has an English-language
libretto by
Michael Wilcox with
Inuktitut sections translated by...
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tuurngait (also tornait, tornat, tornrait,
singular tuurngaq, torngak,
tornrak, tarngek) and "are
often described as a shaman's
helping spirits, whose...
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Amarualik who
perform in the
Katajjaq style. John Metcalf's 1990
opera Tornrak features throat singing by the
Inuit characters. A
scene of
Inuit throat...
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Matthews – Strugnell's
Haiku Jonathan Dove –
Hastings Spring John
Metcalf –
Tornrak Judith Weir – The
Vanishing Bridegroom 1
February –
Laura Marling, singer-songwriter...
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Wilcox has also
worked as
opera librettist for John Metcalf's
Tornrak (Welsh
National Opera: 1990) and
Eddie McGuire's
Cullercoats Tommy (Northern...
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programme and Composer-in-residence. At
Banff he
composed his
second opera,
Tornrak, with a
libretto by
Michael Wilcox,
which draws on
Inuit musical traditions;...
