Two Chamber Operas by Martin Halpern
April 16 – April 18, 2015
8PM
8PM
Composer/librettist Martin Halpern presents two chamber operas, The Death of Ajax and The Death of Oedipus, both freely based on the earliest and last plays of the great Greek dramatist Sophocles. In each opera, the title character’s death brings a redemptive end to his suffering, and those he leaves behind find comfort in a compassionate bonding. Cast of 4 singers, accompanied on piano.