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Video: Terry Jones writes libretto for new opera

Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat is a favourite of many adults and children alike - and now ex-Monty Python Terry Jones has written the libretto for a new operatic version of the poem.

But the work is being performed in a more appropriate setting than an opera house: It is being staged on the water as part of the London 2012 Festival.

The ROH2 production also features a newly-commissioned score from Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley and includes performances by local community choirs from Hounslow, Ealing, Westminster, Islington and Tower Hamlets.

Produced by the BBC's Claudia Redmond and Dan Curtis

BBC News, 24th July 2012

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