Performance History
After the premiere there were five London performances at the Almeida Theatre.
On 8 June 2006, there was a concert performance at the Barbican Centre, London, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.
From 11 to 22 June 2008, it was performed at the Linbury Studio Theatre in the Royal Opera House, London, with the Southbank Sinfonia conducted by Timothy Redmond, and Joan Rodgers as the Duchess.
The New York City Opera plans to perform the opera in February 2013 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a production by Jay Scheib. The Opera Company of Philadelphia plans to perform the opera in June 2013, with Nancy Gustafson in the lead role.
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