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The Selfish Giant
Simon Bruckard
(composer),
2019
single work
musical theatre
opera
'After a cantankerous Giant banishes children from playing in his garden, he experiences the chill of perpetual Winter. When children sneakily return, so does the beauty and joyfulness of Spring, teaching the Giant to open his heart generously in order to enjoy life’s riches.'
Source: Victorian Opera.
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