We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Laurence Cole will be performing the roles of #Smaug #Dragon and #Beorn
Coming 2026
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The #chorus for our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit #Tolkien”.
Erin Spence, Emma Mary Llewellyn, Carolyn Jackson, Helen Greenaway, Rhodri Prys Jones, Simon Crosby Buttle, Julian Boyce and Samuel Snowden.
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We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Samuel Snowden will be performing the role of William the Troll.
Coming 2026
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#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Rhodri Prys Jones will be performing #Fili and the 1st Elf.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #dwarvesoferebor
We are asked regularly about the work of Paul Corfield Godfrey, especially how one can approach his now enormous connected cycle of operas based on the works of J.R.R. #Tolkien. @scbuttle.bsky.social of Volante has put together a video that listeners may find useful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1lY...
A review of our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's "Musical Chapters from #TheLordoftheRings after the Mythology of #Tolkien"
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We're proud to announce our cast for our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Gavin Davies will be returning to the role of Gloin and also performing Thranduil.
Coming 2026
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We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Dyfed Wyn Evans will be performing Balin, Elven Captain and 2nd Soldier.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
A review of our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's "Musical Chapters from #TheLordoftheRings after #Tolkien"
musicwebinternational.com/2026/01/corf...
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Glorfindel in added as another named elf was required to greet the dwarves and he was already part of our LotR recording.
If these were performed live some of this doubling of characters would be impossible but on an audio recording it’s more than fine.
Easily managed in this case - some people on LotR did eight roles.
You’d be surprised going back to the original book how little some characters actually “say” by themselves.
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Edmond Choo will be performing the roles of Kili and the Master and Glorfindel.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Martin Lloyd will be performing the roles of Bombur and 6th Elf
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Michael Clifton-Thompson will be returning to the role of #Gollum.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Sophie Yelland will be performing the role of the 4th Spider.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Owen Webb will be performing the roles of Dwalin and Bard
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Peter Wilman will be performing the roles of Bifur, 3rd Elf and 1st Soldier.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
James Schouten will be returning to the role of Elrond.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #elrond #rivendell #elves
Paul Corfield Godfrey uses Tolkien’s actual texts to create the libretto for the operas. We used a chunk in The War of Wrath - it could be worth an investigate though, but texts are not as abundant for that era.
B&L is already out - Paul wrote a full cycle of the Silmarillion.
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Francesca Saracino will be performing the role of 3rd Spider
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #mirkwood
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien”.
Howard Kirk will be performing the role of Bofur.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #dwarvesoferebor
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Steffan Lloyd-Evans will be performing the roles of Goblin Captain and Goblin Slave-Driver.
Coming 2026
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#hobbit #middleearth #goblintown
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Philip Lloyd-Evans will be returning to the role of #Gandalfthegrey
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #demorecording #middleearth #gandalf
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Rosie Hay will be returning to the role of #Gwaihir and also performing 1st #Spider.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #eagle
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Jasey Hall will be performing the roles of Nori, Galion, Bert and returning as Dain.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after #Tolkien”.
Alastair Moore will be performing the roles of Dori, Tom and 4th Elf.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #mirkwood #elves #troll
We're proud to announce our cast for our complete #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Emma Mary Llewellyn will be performing the roles of Landroval and 2nd Spider.
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #eagle #mirkwood
We're proud to announce our cast for our #DemoRecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's #TheHobbit after the mythology of #Tolkien
Gareth Long will be performing two roles and returning as #Gimli for "Quest of Erebor".
Coming 2026
www.volanteopera.wales
#hobbit #middleearth #dwarf #dwarvesoferebor
Coming Late Summer 2026.
Volante Opera Productions is proud to announce our next installment in the #Tolkien based works of composer Paul Corfield Godfrey - "Musical Chapters from #TheHobbit after the Mythology of JRR Tolkien".
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#hobbit #opera
