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Performance

VenueLondon Coliseum
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From25th May 2012
To14th June 2012
WhenMay 25, 29, 31, Jun 7, 9, 14 at 19:30
PricesFrom £25.00. To £97.50.
London Coliseum (V376)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

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  • Date of change: 7 Dec 11 - T01937169351

Caligula

Caligula

Work:: Caligula (S227266584)

When his adored sister's death awakes him to a realisation of life's essential absurdity, the Roman emperor Caligula embarks upon an orgy of sexual depravity and sadistic cruelty in an apparently insane attempt to free himself from the shackles of mortality and morality. Based upon Albert Camus's existentialist response to the rise of Hitler and Stalin, but as topical as ever in the era of Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi, Detlev Glanert's 2006 opera - ?perhaps the finest German opera of the 21st century' (Tempo) - offers a disturbing insight into the self-destructive logic driving a decadent and dangerous dictatorship. Audacious young Australian director Benedict Andrews highlights the timeliness of the opera's themes by setting his UK premiere production in a football stadium, the kind of vast public arena within which dictators habitually play out their political games.
Music Detlev Glanert

Production:: (T01937169351)

New Production. Running time: 2hrs 30mins
Producer English National Opera
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth
Director Benedict Andrews
Design Ralph Myers
Costume Alice Babidge
Lighting Jon Clark
Choreographer Denni Sayers
Performer Peter Coleman-Wright (Caligula)
Performer Yvonne Howard (Caesonia)
Performer Tamara Gura (Scipio)
Performer Brian Galliford (Mucius)
Performer Eddie Wade (Mereia / Lepidus)
Performer Julia Sporsen (Livia)

Listing:: L818355667




Production details

New Production. Running time: 2hrs 30mins

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