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Composer's Notes: Rufus Wainwright on HADRIAN
By COC StaffPosted inHadrian composer Rufus Wainwright[READ MORE]
In this issue of NOTES, we dive inside the mind of Hadrian composer Rufus Wainwright, ahead of the opera's world premiere on October 13. -
HADRIAN Synopsis and Librettist's Notes
By Daniel MacIvorPosted in 18/19Thomas Hampson (Hadrian) and Isaiah Bell (Antinous) rehearsing a scene from Hadrian.
Spoiler Alert: This synopsis reveals key plot elements.
ACT IThe last night of Hadrian’s life. In Tibur, outside Rome.
Hadrian is gravely ill and grieving the death of his lover Antinous. After a year of preparations, Antinous’ body is to be entombed. Hadrian’s entourage feels Hadrian will die tonight, from either sickness or sadness.
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Director's Notes: EUGENE ONEGIN's Robert Carsen
By COC StaffPosted in 18/19
Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, based on Pushkin’s verse novel of the same title, has come to represent Russian character and emotion at its most intense. When Michael Levine and I developed on our production for the Metropolitan Opera, we sought to find a poetic response to this most intensely subjective and emotive of operas.[READ MORE]
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