This aria is a memoir piece using verbatim text from the soloist, Daniel Shelvey, edited from three interview sessions about his relationship to his grandmother and father – and how those relationships helped forge his understanding of the world and of his place in it.
12:40 was a landmark project from the National Opera Studio and Second Movement, working with 40 creative artists to create twelve brand new arias.
Watch 12:40 from 13 November 2018 on OperaVision here.
