Irish National Opera's 20 Shots of Opera series features 20 new compact operas from composers in Ireland - watch Mrs. Streicher, with music by Gerald Barry and text by Ludwig van Beethoven, above.
A setting of letters Beethoven wrote to Nannette Streicher about struggles with his laundry, servants and mental state. He whips himself into a frenzy of paranoia and compares his maid's laziness with Christ’s suffering on Golgotha...
Cast: Gavan Ring (Tenor), Stephen Irvine (Tuba)
Watch more from 20 Shots Of Opera here.
