This immersive opera, which mixes traditional performance with cutting-edge technology and emerging neuroscience, draws narrative inspiration from Sophocles’ classic tragedy Oedipus Rex.
Elli Papakonstantinou—a 2018-19 Fulbright Artist’s Award recipient, visiting scholar at Stanford University, and 2018-19 Music Theatre Now international award recipient—creates her own visually striking, lyric adaptation to engage audiences in a new way. Using new technologies which turn the audience into the actual chorus of the opera, the piece rediscovers the community at the heart of a political performance, as it was in ancient times.
Mythology, pop cultural references, and gender reexamination feed into this unique theatrical mash-up, as an all-female acting ensemble of opera singers and jazz vocalists join forces with musical virtuosos—live augmented cello, piano, and new instruments—on stage for a deep-dive into a haunting mind game
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Oedipus: Sex with Mum was Blinding
First Preview: Sep 19, 2019
Opening Date: Sep 25, 2019
Closing Date: Sep 29, 2019
Running Time: 01:40
Playing @
BAM Fisher
321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Performance Schedule
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Written By
- Elli Papakonstantinou - conception
Music
- Tilemachos Moussas & Julia Kent
Director
- Elli Papakonstantinou
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Full-price tickets:
$35.00 - $35.00
Lottery & Rush
Rush tickets for live events are available for seniors, students age 29 & under, veterans, and active military with valid ID. Rush tickets are subject to availability and seating is at the discretion of the box office.
Accessibility
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Elevator/Escalator
BAM Fisher has elevators for full access to all levels. -
Entrance
Street level entrance / ADA compliant -
Parking
GGMC: 66 Rockwell Place -
Restroom
Restrooms are located on each floor of the Fisher building. -
Telephone
None on premises -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair accessible
