''Jane Eyre'' is an opera in three acts, Op. 134, by John Joubert to a

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by Kenneth Birkin after the 1847 novel by

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. The opera was written from 1987 until 1997.''

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'' (2005), vol. 56, issues 7–12, p. 1495: "Based on the opera by John Joubert and Kenneth Birkin, this ''Jane Eyre'' was staged against the background of controversy and heartache. Joubert had composed ''Jane Eyre'' as a non-commissioned labour of love to Birkin's libretto some... The world premiere of the revised version took place on 25 October 2016 at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre in

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, England.

Recording

*Jane Eyre, April Fredrick (

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) as Jane and David Stout (

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) as Rochester. Somm.

References

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