Shows

Minotaur The Island at Macedon

Chamber Made Opera’s new production MINOTAUR THE ISLAND Presented by Chamber Made Opera and Ten Days on the Island

Friday November 11 at BMW Edge, 7.30pm; Saturday November 12 at Lowland Farm, Macedon, 7pm; Sunday November 13th at Lowland Farm, 5pm

Minotaur The Island turns around the figure of the Minotaur, the bastard child of perverse love. The work begins with the establishment of the mythic world, and an introduction to the poetics of the piece. Various characters, objects, sounds and theoretical constructs are introduced and developed. We see the conception of Pasiphae, King Minos’ mail order bride, who has become obsessed with the bull of heaven. She gives birth to the monstrous Minotaur, part bull, part human. The Minotaur grows and becomes ferocious, needing to devour men for sustenance, and as a consequence is locked away, in a gigantic labyrinth.

Composer: David Young Writer/Director: Margaret Cameron Performers: Deborah Kayser, Caroline Lee, Hellen Sky and Ida Duelund Hansen Double Bass: Mark Cauvin Percussion: Matthias Schack-Arnott Harpsichord: Anastasia Russell-Head

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