The Embalmer
Work:: The Embalmer (S0116900830)
A piece of black comedy for actor and orchestra.
The Embalmer is music theatre for solo actor. The dramatic and blackly comic story of the destruction of an individual, a marriage and an ideology. Alexei Miscin, the 'immortalist' is in charge of Lenin's preserved body, viewed daily by thousands. Miscin's wife is about to leave him and he's drinking too much. 'Lenin' is also starting to look the worse for wear...
Production:: (T184098299)
Performance time 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval).
Listing:: L02139866555
Almeida Opera 2002 Season
Production details
Performance time 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval). Almeida Opera 2002 Season