Acteon

Artists

Ryan Brown, conductor

Seán Curran,* director

Colin K. Bills, lighting designer

Aaron Sheehan,* Actéon

Yulia Van Doren, Diane
Kelly Ballou, Arthébuze

Laetitia De Beck Spitzer,* Daphne

Sarah Mesko,* Hyale, Junon

François-Olivier Jean* and David Newman, hunters

Members of the Opera Lafayette Orchestra

*company debut

Current Season

♦ L'Invitation au Voyage

♦ Lalla Roukh

♦ Actéon

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Thursday, May 2, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Tickets: $70/$55; students $35

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Charpentier’s opéra de chasse, a compelling work of French classicism in one act, comes to life in a semi-staged production directed by the modern choreographer Seán Curran. The story is an allegory of transgression and transformation, in which an ideal pastoral setting becomes a landscape of loss, told through exquisitely beautiful solos and choruses by a cast of seven vocalists and a chamber ensemble.

Read a translation of Ovid's "Actaeon"

Look, Listen, Learn Education Guide for Actéon