Scottish Opera
Offenbach’s irreverent romp features some of the funniest dialogue and daftest situations in French opera. Originally written to satirize the government of Napoleon III’s France, here the action is updated to the present day, as director Oliver Mears (Artistic Director of Northern Ireland Opera) draws gleeful parallels with our media-savvy, celebrity-obsessed world. Eurydice is married to Orpheus, a musician who, in her opinion, plays the violin badly. Fed up with her husband, she falls for the randy and devious Pluto and is soon caught up in a somewhat hellish situation. Meanwhile, bored to tears and spying an interesting situation unfolding, Public Opinion muscles in to ‘help’ Orpheus rescue his wife. But does she want to be rescued? Offenbach’s catchy tunes and wicked sense of humour take the characters from one ridiculous situation to another, all culminating in his riotous ‘Cancan’. With a specially-commissioned translation by comedian and political satirist Rory Bremner, this promises to be a fast-moving evening of wit, mayhem and madness. Sung in English with piano accompaniment
Ticketing: Price: £14, £5 under 26 Box office: Linlithgow Burgh Halls 01506 282720 |
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