Original id:
14430
Start date:
16 April 2013
End date:
11 May 2013
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Production notes:
'Prepare to be transported to 1930s Paris where legendary musician, Django Reinhardt, has been cast as the lead in a new production of Orpheus.
Your host for the evening is the charismatic songstress Yvette Pépin. With her troupe of operatic players she will perform the thrilling tale of Orpheus’s ill-fated descent into the underworld to reclaim his lost love, Eurydice.
Set to a live score of Hot Club jazz, opera and French chanson, Orpheus is a musical re-imagining of the epic Greek myth.'
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
English