Tales of the underworld: All set for a revolutionary opera at Lismore
Kelli-Ann Masterson, soprano, with Alex O'Neill and Donking Rongavilla of CoisCéim Dance Theatre, at Lismore Castle for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. Picture: Patrick Browne
A grief-stricken hero with musical superpowers goes to the underworld in search of his wife. He may retrieve her on one condition – that he does not look back until they return to the land of the living.
Since the beginning of opera, the Greek myth of Orpheus has been associated with the renaissance in every sense of the word. An appropriate choice for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival returning to live performance after the restrictions of recent years.
