--in partnership with THE FIRE DEPT--
presents
Music by Handel, Monteverdi, and Scarlatti
Text by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Suetonius
Friday, February 22, 8pm
An evening of site-specific theatre and music interweaving selections from Monteverdi, Scarlatti, and Handel with text from The Oresteia and the biting commentary of the Roman historian Suetonius to illuminate the ways in which political corruption in 1st century Rome was eerily prefigured by the work of the Greek tragedians, and the parallels and resonances of both with the American political landscape of today...
Musicians
Jessica Gould, Soprano and Jose Lemos, Countertenor
Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord
Members of the Sebastians Chamber Orchestra
Actors
Judith Hawking
Steven Rattazzi
Nick Westrate
Script construction and stage direction
Erica Gould
For ticket information, click here or call 1-888-718-4253.
Broad Street Ballroom
41 Broad Street (between Beaver Street and Exchange Place), Manhattan
(map/directions)
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