MĀRA: A Chamber Opera on Good and Evil

About the show

In Act I, Gotama leaves his privileged life to seek awakening and resists Māra and his daughter Taṇhā’s efforts to distract him. Act II follows the Buddha’s later life: a disciple rejects his teaching, he becomes ill, receives a final meal from Cunda the Smith, and dies in the company of Ānanda and the monastic community.