Author: Martin Halpern
Subject: From Marti n Halpern; chamber opera production
Two chamber operas by Martin Halpern, “The Sacrificed” and “The Sacrificer,” will be given fully staged productions at the Bridge Theater, Shetler Studios, 244 West 54 St., 12th floor, on May 22, 23 and 24 at 8 PM, and May 25 at 3 PM.
The operas are freely based on Euripides’ “Alcestis” and “Iphigenia in Tauris,” and are contrasting treatments of the theme of human sacrifice. In the first, it is seen as a positive act performed by a virtuous woman in the interest of the common good. In the second, it is seen as an evil practice imposed on a society by a fanatical king [...]
Subject: From Marti n Halpern; chamber opera production
Two chamber operas by Martin Halpern, “The Sacrificed” and “The Sacrificer,” will be given fully staged productions at the Bridge Theater, Shetler Studios, 244 West 54 St., 12th floor, on May 22, 23 and 24 at 8 PM, and May 25 at 3 PM.
The operas are freely based on Euripides’ “Alcestis” and “Iphigenia in Tauris,” and are contrasting treatments of the theme of human sacrifice. In the first, it is seen as a positive act performed by a virtuous woman in the interest of the common good. In the second, it is seen as an evil practice imposed on a society by a fanatical king [...]