Phaedra + Minotaur
Phaedra + Minotaur
Phaedra + Minotaur
The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet join forces to present two mythic tales.
Impassioned singing meets dreamlike dance in two compelling pieces from The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet inspired by Greek myth.
Impassioned singing meets dreamlike dance in two compelling pieces from The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet inspired by Greek myth.
The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Dame Tina Taylor DBE
Bertrand and Elisabeth Meunier
TWO TALES OF DESIRE AND DEATH
PHAEDRA
Consumed with an uncontrollable lust for her stepson, Phaedra determines her only way out is death.
MINOTAUR
Ariadne has betrayed home and country to help her lover slay the Minotaur – only for him to abandon her, while Dionysus watches on from above.
Background
Following acclaimed performances of their double production at Theatre Ustinov, Bath, frequent collaborators Deborah Warner (Wozzeck, Peter Grimes) and Kim Brandstrup (Metamorphosis – Titian, Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story) reunite for a rare and highly-anticipated co-presentation between The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet. In an intimate piano arrangement, Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra is sung with ‘impassioned’ (Guardian) force by Christine Rice, who expertly harnesses Phaedra’s eroticism and despair, while in Minotaur, Brandstrup’s dreamlike choreography lays bare the human vulnerability and desire buried within Ariadne.
Cast and Creatives
Phaedra
Creatives
Minotaur
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Access
For step free access and wheelchair spaces in the Linbury Theatre, you will need to book seats on the right-hand side of the auditorium.
We have an assistive listening system available to use. This opera is sung in English with English surtitles. Captions and translations will be displayed on screens above the stage and around the auditorium.
An Audio Described guide for Phaedra + Minotaur can be found on the Royal Ballet and Opera SoundCloud.
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