|  |  Bluebeard's Castle & The Rite of Spring at ENOEnglish National Opera's music director Edward Gardner conducts a new double bill at the London Coliseum. Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, with Michaela Martens and Clive Bayley, joins Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring, performed by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre.Duke Bluebeard's Castle - Bartók's only opera (1918) - is a brooding tale of oppression. Bluebeard brings his new wife Judith home to his dark castle. She forces him to reveal all his castle's secrets hidden behind seven doors, with tragic consequences. Michaela Martens sings Judith and Clive Bayley sings Bluebeard in Daniel Kramer's new production.
Ireland's Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, directed by choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan brings dance to the Coliseum stage for the second half with Stravinsky's iconoclastic and influential ballet The Rite of Spring (1913). Pagan rituals are enacted as spring breaks winter's grip on the world, and the elders' choose a sacrificial victim to thank the gods for signs of returning growth. |
Event Details:
| Date(s):
Various Dates
November 25, 2009
November 28, 2009
Opening Hours:
7.30pm; 14 & 28 Nov 6.30pm
Cost:
Mon-Thu £16-£83; Fri & Sat £22-£90
Day seats: Mon-Thu £10; Fri & Sat £15
Location:
London, London Region, England |
Venue Details:
| Venue Name:
London Coliseum
Address:
St Martin's Lane WC2N 4ES
Phone:
0870 145 0200 (box office: UK only)
Directions:
Adjacent to Trafalgar Square at the bottom of St Martin's Lane in the heart of London's West End.
By Tube: Charing Cross (Northern & Bakerloo lines) and Leicester Square (Northern & Piccadilly lines). Charing Cross mainline rail station is less than five minutes' walk away.
By Bus: to Trafalgar Square. |
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