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Opéras
Avertissement de contenu : mort, meurtre, violence
The Laurels is a short one-act opera — a contemporary retelling of the Daphne and Apollo myth, conceived as a thriller charting one woman’s psychological unravelling in the aftermath of a harrowing crisis.
Laurel runs through the forest of a city park at night, chased by a male Stranger. He’s eviden...
The Laurels is a short one-act opera — a contemporary retelling of the Daphne and Apollo myth, conceived as a thriller charting one woman’s psychological unravelling in the aftermath of a harrowing crisis.
Laurel runs through the forest of a city park at night, chased by a male Stranger. He’s eviden...
Musique : Jeffrey Ryan
Livret : Michael Lewis MacLennan
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Extraits
Une jeune femme, Laurel, traverse une forêt sombre, remplie d'anxiété et hantée par des souvenirs inquiétants.
Laurel stabs the Stranger, killing him. As his body slides to the ground to rest at her feet, she begins to feel a new sense of freedom, not realising that it is at the cost of her conscience and her humanity. The aria should be performed with an improvisational blues quality over the regular pulse of the accompaniment, to convey both this sense...
Dans un parc boisé la nuit, on dirait que Laurel court pour sauver sa vie, mais il s'avère qu'elle fuit le souvenir du meurtre qu'elle a commis cette nuit-là.
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