Events

Ensemble Échappé's premiere performances of a fully-staged new opera by Juilliard composer Jonathan Dawe, creator of three previous operas premiered at the Italian Academy: Cracked Orlando, featuring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo (2010), Cosí faran tutti (or They'll All Do It) (2012), and Nero and the Fall of Lehman Brothers (2016). Being Ariodante (2019) is for countertenor, soprano, mezzo, tenor, instrumental ensemble, and a dancer proficient in American Sign Language. This tragic tale of young adults is set in Glasgow in the present day. The music and text (in both English and Italian) are by Jonathan Dawe.