Betrothal

Sorry, Steve, but you are quite wrong: in terms of performance quality, 'Betrothal' is a phenomenon.

Fun at the opera? Heaven forfend! Jessica 2006

"Betrothal," now, I believe, rarely if ever practised, it was customary to place the ring on the right hand.

Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

Graciously and mercifully hear the plea of Thy servants, O God, so that we who have gathered to celebrate the Betrothal of the virgin Mary, Mother of God, may at her intercession be saved by Thee from pressing evils: through the same Christ our Lord.

23 January -- Festa in Desponsatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis John 2009

Four years before Cinderella, when Europe was capsizing into war and Prokofiev was entangled in a turbulent love affair, he wrote a comic opera, the rarely seen – and no need to wonder why – Betrothal in a Monastery.

LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review 2012

The title story, The Betrothal of Sontar, by John Tomlinson and Nick Abadzis, is an interesting retake on Colony in Space with Sontarans instead of human colonists; of the two protagonists, one is nasty even by Sontaran standards, the other somewhat unrealistically nice.

World Cup, Day 2 ang_grrr 2010

With Scottish Opera and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland jointly staging a new production of the same composer's Betrothal in a Monastery, the cards were dealt.

LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review 2012

Graciously and mercifully hear the plea of Thy servants, O God, so that we who have gathered to celebrate the Betrothal of the virgin Mary, Mother of God, may at her intercession be saved by Thee from pressing evils: through the same Christ our Lord.

Well, it's been a quiet week here at The Inn. . . . John 2009

Emanoel Velozo and Kim-Lillian Strebel in Betrothal in a Monastery: ‘This long, farcical saga has no character you care about and many you would like to shoot.’

LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review 2012

Betrothal to his piano has meant a lifetime of emotional denial for Philip and the crunch builds slowly and inexorably as circumstances toss Philip around like the lost soul that he feels.

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The Opera did "Betrothal in a Monastery" several seasons ago and I loved it.

Ligeti, Poulenc and Prokofiev at the Symphony sfmike 2008