Interactive Broadcast
21:00-22:10, Friday 17th September 2021
Catch-up for £1 until 15th October
The Cockpit
Music: Matteo Fania
Words: Giovanni Privitera
Online: £1 plus optional donation. The Cockpit’s online box office is closed, but you can still get a ticket by calling 020 7258 2925.
You can read The Castle of Crossed Destinies’ libretto here.
The Castle of Crossed Destinies, namely the world being read backwards.
Spanning the Baroque era to the distant future, and combining animation with live performance, this adaptation of Calvino’s novel shows us knights in Times Square, legendary alchemists, and invisible kings. Using symbolic imagery, tarot cards, and music which travels through the centuries by tailoring old musical forms to a new compositional language, this opera immerses the audience in a unique sung history where everything is connected, perhaps even the destiny of the audience itself.
The broadcast will include a Q&A with the creative team.
Age range: All ages, but mostly adults
Produced by mg² Opera group
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
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If you would like to help Tête à Tête and the artists creating this show, take a look at this.
Music: Matteo Fania
Libretto: Giovanni Privitera
Artistic Directors: Matteo Fania and Giovanni Privitera
Film and Photo Director: Matteo Fania
Stop Motion, 2D digital animation and shadow theatre: Matteo Privitera and Alice Cicaloni.
The Storyteller: Iván Barbeitos (baritone)
Cello: Clara Riviére
Flute, Alto Flute and Piccolo: Rocío de Mingo Salcedo
Clarinet in Bb and Bass Clarinet: Diana Gómez
On the same day:
Music: Matteo Fania
Libretto: Giovanni Privitera
Artistic Directors: Matteo Fania and Giovanni Privitera
Film and Photo Director: Matteo Fania
Stop Motion, 2D digital animation and shadow theatre: Matteo Privitera and Alice Cicaloni.
The Storyteller: Iván Barbeitos (baritone)
Cello: Clara Riviére
Flute, Alto Flute and Piccolo: Rocío de Mingo Salcedo
Clarinet in Bb and Bass Clarinet: Diana Gómez