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My approach from the beginning had been to see Prospero as a female character; I was fascinated by the exploration of the dynamics of a relationship between mother and daughter, from sister to brother, a strong woman in a male-dominated societal structure. I was astounded at the resonance, and became acutely aware of the seismic shift the character’s impact has when seen from the woman’s perspective.

My adaptation is not a loose, conceptualized version of The Tempest, but a musical adaptation employing only Shakespeare’s actual text – approximately 80 percent of which is sung.  The text was the fount from which everything sprung. I wanted to combine a 'historically informed' texture with a contemporary sound.  I created a style of music which is early-Baroque inspired with strongly modern harmonic language; in other words: theatre music, inspired by the Italian Baroque.

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