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Following their previous acclaimed music dramas Never Such Innocence (2018), Odyssey (2019) and Enoch Arden (2024), actor Christopher Kent and virtuoso classical pianist Gamal Khamis return to OSO, joined by actress Sarah Sherborne, with the compelling and moving story of one of music's great love triangles.

When composer Robert Schumann tried to commit suicide in 1854 and was subsequently committed to an asylum, his wife Clara, celebrated across Europe as a virtuoso concert pianist, was left at home with their six young children. The young Johannes Brahms had just been introduced to the family and rushed to offer his support to Clara. What happened next has been the subject of speculation ever since. Clara was later to describe their relationship as "an exquisite harmony of souls".