How to make Britten fly: soprano Sarah Tynan on fusing Les Illuminations with circus

Flying was never in Tynan’s skill set. But she couldn’t resist the challenges – or the surreal logic – of staging Britten’s Les Illuminations for one singer and nine acrobats “I’ve been asked to do some pretty crazy things in the past,” says soprano Sarah Tynan. “But this is very different.” Later this week, Tynan will perform a piece by Benjamin Britten accompanied by a nine-strong circus troupe, singing from a hoop, hanging from...

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