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27. Through The Years TURKISH DELIGHT THE OPERA Betsy Cohen arrives back home. She spends the next few decades obsessing over the past, the grief of loosing her husband, and the guilt of killing his mistress and bribing the judge at his murderers funeral. In part two of the song, she pickles into a sour and bitter old crone.

In 2009, The A STAGE KINDLY New Musical Theatre Initiative presented a recital of the unusual musical Turkish Delight the Opera by Giles Howe and Katy Lipson on The Battersea Barge in London.

The tragicomedy cult success Turkish Delight the Opera looks at the havoc caused in the wake of one mans love affair, spearheaded by his wife: mad diva Betsy Cohen who extracts retribution by destroying her husbands mistress, his murderer, and eventually herself. The 2009 recital starred:

Soprano spinto Arabella Rodrigo as murderous diva Betsy Cohen Lyric

Soprano Julia Buckley as The British Woman

Baritone Victor Sgarbi as The Turk

High Tenor Adam Bayjou as The British Man

Filmed and edited by James Wallace live at The Battersea Barge.

Further details including cast biogs, a libretto, and many free multimedia downloads at www.turkishdelighttheopera.com including audio and video footage of previous productions.

This recital was produced by The A STAGE KINDLY New Musical Theatre initiative www.astagekindly.com a London-based organisation specialising in new musicals. If you are a fan of new works or indeed if you are writing a musical, you should most definitely visit www.astagekindly.com

Giles Howe and Katy Lipson who wrote Turkish Delight the Opera are currently developing another new musical SOVIET ZION set in the Yiddish homeland in Siberia. Please visit www.sovietzion.com for videos and multimedia, featuring both Arabella Rodrigo (who plays Betsy Cohen in this video) as Mirele Liberman and Julia Buckley (who plays The British Woman in this production) as her daughter, Zofia Liberman.