Political corruption...and fabulous music!

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts

--in partnership with THE FIRE DEPT--

presents

THE HEIRS OF TANTALUS

Music by Handel, Monteverdi, and Scarlatti

Text by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Suetonius

at Broad Street Ballroom

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)