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Werk: 10 Days in a Madhouse

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KomponistOrth, Rene
PeriodeZeitgenössisch
LibrettistHannah Moscovitch
Jahr2023
GattungOper / Oratorium
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10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

Taylor-Alexis Dupont (Lizzie) © Eric Forget Photography
10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.
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Opera Philadelphia's 10 Days in a Madhouse confronts madwoman myth

Will Liverman (Dr Josiah Blackwell), Kiera Duffy (Nellie) and Lauren Pearl (Matron) © Dominic M Mercier
In this world-premiere work, which opens Opera Philadelphia's Festival O23, composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch dramatize and deconstruct the true story of Nellie Bly's commitment to a mental asylum.
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