Handel Furioso, The Emperor of Atlantis

Directed by: Max Hoehn

DOUBLE BILL

HANDEL FURIOSO

A Music‐Drama with Music by George Frideric Handel

with Anna Starushkevych (Winner of the 2012 Handel Singing Competition) and Robyn Allegra Parton

Designed by Jemima Robinson (Linbury Design Prize Winner 2011)

and

THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS

Composed by Viktor Ullmann

Libretto by Peter Kien

English Translation by Sonja Lyndon

Conducted by Julian Black

Designed by Valentina Ricci

An adventurous double bill pairs Handel Furioso a piece of music‐theatre using
arias and duets from Handel’s greatest operas, with a production of Viktor
Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis, a haunting satire written in the Terezin
concentration camp before the composer’s deportation to Auschwitz.
Two rising stars, Anna Starushkevych (Winner of the 2012 Handel Singing
Competition) and Robyn Allegra Parton (Kathleen Ferrier Award Finalist),
appear in the Handel. Max Hoehn’s 2011 production of The Emperor of Atlantis returns with a new cast.

Handel Furioso and The Emperor of Atlantis presented by Max Hoehn and Ardente Opera Company

Reviews for ‘Atlantis’ 2011 Grimeborn Production

★ ★ ★ ★ Telegraph

★ ★ ★ ★ What’s On Stage

Evening Standard – “Achingly Powerful”

Performance Time: 7.45pm

Tickets: £18 (£14 concessions)

FESTIVAL MULTI BUY DISCOUNTS

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Offers Terms and Conditions: Multi Buy discounts only applicable to full price tickets. Offer excludes HANSEL AND GRETEL. Both two and three date tickets must be booked in the same booking to receive discount, no retrospective discounts available. All offers are subject to availability and may be withdrawn at any time. Drink vouchers for 3 Opera Date offer will be automatically issued along with the tickets and will only be valid on one of the ticket dates. Drink vouchers have no cash value.

Performance Location:

ARCOLA TENT
2 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL

Ticket COLLECTION will only be at Arcola Tent from 5.30pm.