What do we do while we wait for the world to end? In a society at the height of decadence, where pop stars sing for despots’ birthdays and even fools can be billionaires, it’s not only the prophets who are kept in cages. There’s one for each of us. In a decaying palace on the edge of the world, everyone is yearning for something to believe in. Sung in English to recapture the shock of Strauss’s scandalous classic, Heartbeat Opera’s intimate new take features a fresh 10-instrument orchestration by Dan Schlosberg of one of Opera’s most extravagant scores.
A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde
English singing translation by Tom Hammond
Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth
