Enoch Arden - Tennyson/ Strauss
Tennyson's
quintessential love story tells the moving tale of Enoch Arden, a
fisherman who
after an accident has to leaves his wife Annie and three children to go
to sea as a merchant sailor. Shipwrecked on a desert island Enoch Arden
remains lost and
missing for ten years.On his return, he discovers his wife presumes he
is dead and is now happily married to his childhood friend Phillip.
Loving his wife too and not wanting to destroy her happiness, Enoch
never tells her he has returned.
Set to the beautiful and
dramatic piano score by Strauss, the words and music combine to make thrilling storytelling.
