The greatest story ever told
Ron Ferguson encourages churches to ffind a new way of telling the Easter story.
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NOW here’s a question: if your life story were to be made into an opera, what type of opera would it be? Would it be a tragedy, or a comedy: or maybe a romance, or even an epic drama in three acts?
I ask this because last year I was commissioned by the St Magnus International Festival to write a libretto for an opera about Orkney’s patron saint, Magnus, whose martyrdom took place 900 years ago. It was to be a community project, involving local singers, actors and choirs as well as one or two professional soloists from elsewhere. It was profoundly moving to see young people from local schools participate in the re-enactment of the foundational drama of Orkney’s patron saint, all in the inspiring environment of Orkney’s historic St Magnus Cathedral.