The Winter's Tale (opera) British composer's first opera." The Winter's Tale (opera) The Winter's Tale is an opera in three acts by Ryan Wigglesworth. The libretto is by the composer, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The opera, in a production directed by Rory Kinnear, and conducted by the composer, was premiered at the English National Opera on 27 February 2017. The opera follows the main story of the play, reduced to three acts, and dropping the character Autolycus, and some other well-known features of the play such as Antigonus's stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear". Act I
Exit...Stage Left (video) The videocassette and laserdisc versions are currently out-of-print. In 2006, a DVD version of the original production was released as part of the DVD box set, titled "Rush Replay X 3" with its audio re-mastered in 5.1-channel Dolby Surround by Rush guitarist and co-producer Alex Lifeson. In 2007, the DVD version of "Exit...Stage Left", as it was included in "Rush Replay X 3", was released as a single, stand-alone DVD. The concert footage documented in "Exit... Stage Left" was filmed March 27, 1981, at the Montreal Forum, in Montreal, Quebec. All songs are part of the live performance unless specified