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Orpheus 

Orpheus 

Orpheus

Date: Saturday 5th November 2022
Time: 7pm
Venue: Theatre Royal, 100 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BR

Language: Italian and Urdu, with English Titles, also featuring Malayalam, Bengali, and Punjabi
Tickets: From £20 / Sign up to Opera North’s Under 30 membership for £10 tickets
Box Office: theatreroyal.co.uk or call 0191 232 7010
 

The wedding of the year is here as Orpheus, the musician of mythical power, marries graceful Eurydice. When the newlyweds’ joy is shattered by the sudden death of Eurydice, our heartbroken hero sets off on a mission to the underworld to rescue his bride, certain that his love will overcome adversity. Can Orpheus conquer fate, or will his heart be broken for a second time?
This adventurous new production of an ancient tragedy is told through a meeting of the worlds of Indian and western baroque classical music. The bowed strings of the violin and the tar shehnai, the hammered strings of the santoor, the plucked strings of the harpsichord and sitar, and the rhythms of the tabla shape a unique and beautiful musical encounter between East and West.
Co-Music Directors Jasdeep Singh Degun and Laurence Cummings weave together their respective traditions of Indian classical and western early music, joined by an exciting cast including Ashnaa Sasikaran and Nicholas Watts.  
 
A collaboration with South Asian Arts-uk.
GemArts are marketing partner for this production in Newcastle.

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