Batavia
This opera is based on the 1629 sinking of the Dutch ship Batavia and the massacre of survivors after the shipwreck.
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This opera is based on the 1629 sinking of the Dutch ship Batavia and the massacre of survivors after the shipwreck.
This two-act chamber opera by Richard Mills is based on Ray Lawler's play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Procne and Philomele are sisters; after Procne marries Tereus, he becomes obsessed with Philomele. He lies that Procne is dead, murders the captain who loves Philomele, then rapes her and cuts out her tongue. Philomele tells Procne what happened through dolls, and the sisters take revenge by killing Itys. The story ends with Philomele, Procne and Tereus transformed into a nightingale, swallow and hoopoe.
This opera is based on the 1629 sinking of the Dutch ship Batavia and the massacre of survivors after the shipwreck.
This two-act chamber opera by Richard Mills is based on Ray Lawler's play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Procne and Philomele are sisters; after Procne marries Tereus, he becomes obsessed with Philomele. He lies that Procne is dead, murders the captain who loves Philomele, then rapes her and cuts out her tongue. Philomele tells Procne what happened through dolls, and the sisters take revenge by killing Itys. The story ends with Philomele, Procne and Tereus transformed into a nightingale, swallow and hoopoe.