For his first foray in opera, Rufus Wainwright has “written a love song to opera, soaked in the perennial operatic themes of loss, betrayal, delusion and nostalgia, and saturated in the musical styles of opera’s golden age” (The Times, London).After thrilling audiences at the Manchester International Festival, Sadler’s Wells, and Toronto’s Luminato Festival, Prima Donna receives its U.S. premiere at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House under the expert direction of Tim Albery.
Rising star Melody Moore, who received accolades for her performance in last season’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon, returns in the tour-de-force role of a once-acclaimed soprano, haunted by her past success and her present reality as she seeks to return to the spotlight.
With a French-language libretto by the composer and Bernadette Colomine, Prima Donna is a meditation on the fine line between fame and failure.
Performances at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. Performed in French with English supertitles.
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