The Rite of Spring / Romeo and Juliet is a visceral marriage of two tales of slaughtered innocence. The violent dissonance in Stravinsky’s depiction of a young virgin chosen for the dance of death mirrors the hatred between Shakespeare’s Montagues and Capulets, whose children are fated to die in the ancient blood feud of their families. Performed in four-hand piano and commedia half-mask, the stories interweave through passion, vitality, rage and despair to the dizzying climax of sacrific
The latest production by Concert Theatre, a young company which combines live classical music...
