The Legend of Redwall Abbey
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The Legend of Redwall Abbey was a two act children's musical based on the book Redwall and produced by OperaDelaware. The composer, Evelyn Swensson, was assisted by Brian Jacques when adapting the musical, so it followed the original novel closely. It was officially published in 2004. Vince Leonard contributed the orchestrations.
The premiere was on March 7, 1998, at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware. The original production was directed by Leland Kimbal, with music conducted and directed by Swennson.
The musical has an approximate running time of 80 minutes, but may be cut down to an hour.
See here for excerpts from the script. Photos from one of the performances can be found here.
The script itself is around 80 pages in length.
[edit] Cast from the original opera
Matthias- Eric Miller
Abbot Mortimer- John Dennison
Moles- Andrew Coonin, John Lasher, and Rob Williams
Sela- Tina Betz
King Bull Sparra- Gerald Blanchard
Methuselah- Kurt Beieg
Constance- Lois Alt
[edit] Photo Slideshow
This YouTube video is a photo slideshow from a performance of the play, circa 1998 (no audio).
The Legend of Redwall Abbey
[edit] Video
The follow consists of short, not-the-greatest-quality video clips from the play. The YouTube user contributed other clips, but the quality is so poor that there is no reason to showcase them here.
Redwall opera scene
Redwall the opera
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