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Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in association with the Goethe-Institut Dublin and Opera North presents a unique performance of Franz Schubert's twenty-four part song cycle 'Winterreise' in a one-off ticket event in the Shaw Room of the National Gallery of Ireland at 3pm on Sunday 23rd January 2005.

Opera North is England's national opera company in the North. The company has established itself as one of the leading arts organisations in England and one of the most imaginative opera companies in Europe, with a reputation for bold,, imaginative productions of both familiar and less familiar repertoire. As well as its large-scale productions, the Company takes an innovative approach to making a broad range of music theatre and seeks out opportunities to collaborate with contemporary creative artists engaged in drama, film, the visual arts and literature wherever possible.

In 2003 Opera North and Leeds City Art Gallery jointly commissioned the internationally acclaimed artist Mariele Neudecker to create a visual counterpoint to 'Winterreise', Schubert's great song cycle of the German Lieder tradition. Neudecker's filmic response is a visual reflection of Wilhelm Müller's tale of unrequited love, despair and suicide. Schubert's settings of Müller's poems are poignantly sung in the accompanying soundtrack, the related texts floating over the visuals.

The Opera North 'live' production of 'Winterreise' will be presented alongside Mariele Neudecker's film at the National Gallery of Ireland on Sunday 23rd January. 'Winterreise' will be sung in German by Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone with Christopher Gould on piano. The Opera North performance of 'Winterreise' represents the first ever operatic act by the Company in Ireland and should not be missed. Mariele Neudecker's 'Winterreise' will be exhibited at Temple Bar Galley and Studios from 12 January - 12 February 2005.

Pick of the Week, Music GUARDIAN, April 2003
Pick of the Week, Visual Arts, GUARDIAN, June 2003

Tickets cost €12.00 or €10.00 concession (students, oap's, unemployed) and are available from Temple Bar Gallery and Studios tel. Claire Power at + 1 671 0073 or from the Goethe-Institut Dublin, tel. Barbara Ebert, + 1 602 4405. Credit card bookings will be accepted by Temple Bar Gallery and Studios only. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door but with only two hundred seats available early booking is strongly advised.