When: 
Sunday, November 13, 2016 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: 
Williams Center for the Arts
Presenter: 
University of Delaware Opera Theater
Price: 
Free
Friday, Nov. 11 (8 pm) and Sunday, Nov. 13 (3 pm)
The Masque of Edgar Allan Poe (World Premiere)
Music by Kirk O'Riordan 
Libretto by Lee Upton
 

The Masque of Edgar Allan Poe was inspired by Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death.”   In the opera, the “Red Death” character is a personification of loneliness, drawn to the party by the two main characters--a professor who has studied Poe so fervently that he believes he is Poe, and a woman who is stuck there after being abandoned at the party by a friend; and the hostess (who struggles to form  meaningful relationships with her guests). The action focuses on the developing relationship between Poe and the Woman, while the Red Death watches them, becomes angry and jealous, and eventually unites the two in the afterlife.

Masque will be paired with The Juniper Tree by Philip Glass and Robert Moran. Both operas will be fully staged, and performed with orchestra.

Nov. 11: University of Delaware, Loudis Recital Hall, 8 pm.

Tickets are $15, and available at the University of Delaware Box Office: http://www.rep.udel.edu/box-office/Pages/default.aspx 
 
Nov. 13: Lafayette College, Williams Center for the Arts, 3 pm
 
         Tickets are free, and available at the Williams Center Box Office: http://williamscenter.lafayette.edu/visitors-guide/tickets/
 
There will be a pre-performance talk beginning at 2pm. 
Sponsored by: 
Kirk O'Riordan, Dept. of Music; Lee Upton, Dept. of English

Contact information

Name: 
Kirk O'RIordan
Phone: 
610-330-5359
Email: 
oriordak@lafayette.edu