Performance

Venue	Royal Lyceum Theatre
	Also: Garage Theatre
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	18th August 2007
To	22nd August 2007
When	20:00
Prices	From £10.00.
Royal Lyceum Theatre (V604)
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La Didone

Work:: La Didone (S02012160561)

The Wooster Group's production of Francesco Cavalli's opera La Didone takes up a work from the days when opera was an emerging art form, and sets it down in a new world splintered by video imagery and made brazen by the electric guitar. Stirring another Italian cultural work of art into the mix, the Group brings into collision the ancient shipwreck tale of Aeneas and his Dido with the crashed spaceships of Mario Bava's 1965 Sci-fi B-movie horror film Planet of the Vampires. Identical leather spacesuits, forbidding planetary landscapes and battles with the walking dead meet with the baroque qualities of Cavalli's score.

Production:: (T01157695644)

UL Premiere. Performed in English and Italian. Running time 1 hour 30 minutes.

Corporate Sponsor	The List (Glasgow and Edinburgh Events Guide)
Company	The Wooster Group (KunstenFESTIVALdesArts)
Director	Elizabeth LeCompte
Musical Director	Bruce Odland
Director	Jennifer Griesback (assistant)
Design	Ruud van der Akker
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton
Lighting	Gabe Maxson
Sound	Matt Schloss
Sound	Joby Emmons
Design	Zbigniew Bzymek (video)
Design	Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck (video)
Design	Reid Farrington (video)
Performer	Hai Ting Chinn
Performer	Ari Fliakos
Performer	Andrew Nolen
Performer	Kamala Sankaram
Performer	Scott Shepherd
Performer	Harvey Valdes
Performer	Kate Valk
Performer	Charlie Weaver
Performer	Judson Williiams
Performer	John Young

Listing:: L962565062

Edinburgh International Festival

Production details

UL Premiere. Performed in English and Italian. Running time 1 hour 30 minutes. Edinburgh International Festival

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