"...a hauntingly beautiful lament for Bosnia..."
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"Nigel Osborne’s music has been influenced by Sevdah, which has been described as 'The Bosnian Blues' and draws on the folk traditions of Bosnia, Greece, Turkey and Jewish Sephardic music. The Bosnian poet Goran Simic’s libretto was inspired by his poem.
Goran Simic's sparse, lucid and singable libretto rings true..."
The Times
Differences in Demolitions presents a powerful story of conflict, greed and desire in a world surrounded by destruction and demolition. Hassan, a building worker, cherishes a secret love for Sevda. His family Han (an inn) is cursed. A mythical woman embroiders love, life and fate into a scarf, which becomes torn. Sevda begins her journey, which unravels, like the scarf, to reveal a tale of love, longing and revenge.
"The story draws on mythical archetypes which mix deliciously with Simic’s wit and tenderness and the great-heartedness of Osborne’s melodic flow".
Opera Magazine.
"...like Sevdah music, the opera has heart and soul, not merely technique and it has struck a chord that’s profound and true."
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