Orpheus - Opera North

Overview

Opera North’s 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 musical encounter.

Cast

Nicholas Watts

Orpheus

Ashnaa Sasikaran

Eurydice

Kezia Bienek

The Messenger

Kaviraj Singh

Charon

Yarlinie Thanabalasingam

Nambikkai / Hope

Chandra Chakraborty

Proserpine

Dean Robinson

Pluto

Kirpal Singh Panesar

Apollo

Deepa Nair Rasiya

Sangeet

Amy Freston

La Musica