Lera Auerbach's THE BLIND
Category: Theater/Shows/Concerts
Start: Apr 04, 2019 7:30 PM
End: Apr 04, 2019 10:30 PM
Marigny Opera House, 725 St Ferdinand St, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
Lera Auerbach’s unique 12-voice acapella opera is based on a haunting play of Flemish Symbolist writer Maurice Maeterlinck. A group of twelve blind patients have been led into the forest by their priest who guided them there to enjoy the last rays of sun before the winter. Realizing that they have gone too far, the priest tells them to wait while he seeks food and help. In their frustration and helplessness, they pray for forgiveness and salvation, but the tension mounts inexorably when they discover the cold body of the priest who has died among them.
There are more questions than answers in this fascinating opera and each listener can decide on their own interpretation. Is it a metaphor for our lives, our religions, or our own blindness? In our “immersive theater” production, you will experience the heightened sensory perception of joining the cast of sightless individuals as you enter the forest with them
For tickets, go to www.neworleansopera.org
There are more questions than answers in this fascinating opera and each listener can decide on their own interpretation. Is it a metaphor for our lives, our religions, or our own blindness? In our “immersive theater” production, you will experience the heightened sensory perception of joining the cast of sightless individuals as you enter the forest with them
For tickets, go to www.neworleansopera.org
