FULL Persephone’s Dream (various) London 2020 Anna Braithwaite
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Persephone's Dream
- Composer: Gavin Alexander, Anna Braithwaite, Kevin Grist
- Libretto: Tania Holland Williams Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: The Cockpit, London, UK, Tête à Tête
- Recorded: September 18, 2020
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Anna Braithwaite
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: Tania Holland Williams
- Stage Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
- Costume Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Tête à Tête, MyNewOpera
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Persephone’s Dream is a digital/live hybrid opera that tells a story of withdrawal from the world. Unpicking the rites of hibernation and exploring whether, in our waking sleep, we can still yearn, struggle, resist – be human.
Through the central figure of a biodegradable Persephone and a 2D virtual chorus of curious eyes, the piece explores the purifying power and danger of isolation. It interrogates the threshold between suspension and action, the real and the imagined and asks if the dream is good – why wake?
The initial broadcast involved audience interaction. What makes the perfect bedtime story? Are your dreams made of sand or something more substantial? We are inviting audiences to attend a nighttime engagement in PJs, with blankets close at hand and a night-time drink on the ready. We will be asking you to help us recreate a wondrous dream and set up for a perfect night’s sleep. Persephone’s Dream team warmly welcome people who identify as sleepyheads.