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GOP2: The Umbrella - Track 1

The Umbrella, like a snow-shaker or a dome, creates its own world, one which might be construed as pure escapism or simply pure. The opera will combine sym-metry and cycle with emotional eruption to show how our psychological sophistication counts for nothing at the moment when we recognise our dreams, and how our dreams are undermined by our insight into them.