The Comet / Poppea
Sun, Nov 03
|Philadelphia
Assistant Conductor for Curtis Opera Theatre's production of The Comet/Poppea.
Time & Location
Nov 03, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Philadelphia, 22 S 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, États-Unis
About the event
Curtis Opera Theatre launches the East Coast premiere of , the MacArthur Award-winning composer ’ highly anticipated operatic setting of W.E.B. Du Bois’s proto-Afrofuturist science fiction short story, (1920), juxtaposed with ’s hot-blooded political thriller, (1643). Presented on a turntable divided in two halves, these worlds unfold simultaneously, with the stage’s rotation creating a visual and sonic spiral for audiences—inviting associations, dissociations, collisions, and confluences. Directed and conceived by fellow MacArthur-winner Yuval Sharon, this innovative co-production features a stellar cast of Curtis singers led by conductor Marc Lowenstein.The Comet / PoppeaGeorge LewisClaudio MonteverdiThe CometL’incoronazione di Poppea
GEORGE LEWIS, music DOUGLAS KEARNEY, libretto Adapted from the W.E.B. Dubois short story The CometThe Comet
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, music FRANCESCO BUSENELLO, librettoL’incoronazione di Poppea
will be performed in English with English supertitles. will be performed in Italian with English supertitles.The Comet L’incoronazione di Poppea