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Work: 10 Days in a Madhouse

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ComposerOrth, Rene
PeriodContemporary
LibrettistHannah Moscovitch
Year2023
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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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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