We launch our new series, The Masques of Orpheus this weekend! Here's a sneak peak at the program:
Tempests, Ghosts & Mad Queens:
A Masque for voices, players and dancers…
Featuring Opera Roanoke’s Young Apprentice Artists
November 2: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, 7:30 pm
November 4: The Waldron Theatre, Roanoke, 7 pm
Named after the original singer-songwriter-composer, the Greek bard Orpheus is considered one of the ancient founders of music itself. The Masque was an early form of “festive entertainment” featuring “singers, dancers, actors, poets and players.”
Opera Roanoke’s Masques of Orpheus is a new series of innovative programs of entertainment featuring a variety of music and theatre, poetry and dance.
Program:
from Sweeney Todd
by Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Prologue: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
from The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Opening scene: Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!
Tamino, Three Ladies
Aria: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
Queen of the Night
Duet: Papagena! Papageno!
Papagena, Papageno
from Candide
by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Aria: Glitter and be gay
from The Tales of Hoffmann
by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Entr’acte and Barcarolle
from The Medium
by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Monica’s Waltz and The Black Swan
from Three Shakespeare Songs
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Full Fathom Five
The Cloud Capp’d Towers
Be Not Afeard
by James Lego (b. 1990)
*World Premiere Performance
Epilogue: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
Our dynamic artists will be decked out in gothic costumes and make-up to fit our Halloween theme. Edgar Allan Poe will be our guest host from the beyond in this original evening of music, theatre, dance & poetry not to be missed!
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