Name: Céphale et Procris
Start: 2023-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Arcola Theatre

Organization

Grimeborn Opera Festival

Conductor

Márcio da Silva

Stage director

Singer

Soprano

Poppy Shotts

Procris

Tenor

Kieran White

Cephalus

Helen May

The Dawn

Bass

Flavio Lauria

Erictée

Jack Lawrence-Jones

Borée

Lydia May Ward

Iphis

John Twitchen

A sea god

Anna-Luise Wagner

Dorine

Predrag Gosta

Harpsichord

Cédric Meyer

Archlute

Kate Bingham

Oboe

Paul Jenkins

Recorder

Edmund Taylor

Violin

Christopher McClain

Nathan Giorgetti

Gamba

Assistant Stage Director

Benjamin Riedel

Ensemble OrQuesta

Céphale et Procris -  (Cephalus and Procris)

London

United Kingdom

Arcola Theatre

Studio 2

Céphale et Procris Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Poster

Public

Private

Cephalus and Procris

Approved

4-star production by Ensemble OrQuesta – ‘A Baroque Opera Company for the 21st Century’ – directed by Marcio da Silva: Composed by French female composer Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guérre, this UK premiere production revives this forgotten opera and explores the timeless tensions of gender inequality. A story that shows how French Baroque Opera can be relevant today: Beautiful singing, Baroque Instruments, Minimalist setting, Symbolism, Physical Theatre.

Content warning: scenes with subtle implications of rape

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