Daniel Ison

The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.

En vacances dans les tropiques, une famille s’arrête pour quelques heures sur un atoll isolé où ils découvrent avec effroi que leur vieillissement y est drastiquement accéléré et que leur vie entière va se retrouver réduite à cette ultime journée.

The New York Times recently called Dmitry Krymov “one of the world’s finest theatermakers.” For this new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, the world-renowned Russian director collaborates with the Wilma’s acclaimed HotHouse Acting Company to reimagine one of theater’s enduring masterworks. What is it like to lose your home? The Cherry Orchard centers around a Russian family grappling with the potential foreclosure of their estate, and a community in transition as the old makes way for the new. Volleyballs and sunflower seeds fly, while a giant mechanical train station flipboard tells the future … plus more surprises await in Krymov’s inventive re-interpretation. One family is in danger of losing their home, their comfort, and their power. What comes next … and who will profit?

Après avoir perdu son bébé, un couple utilise une poupée à des fins thérapeutiques. Les choses virent cependant à l’étrange quand la mère engage une nourrice pour s’occuper de la poupée, et que les membres de la famille semblent en savoir plus sur la tragédie qu’ils ne le laissent savoir…