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The Comet / Poppea

Sun, Nov 03

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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

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