555: Verlaine En Prison
Tour synopsis, cast & creatives
555: Verlaine en prison tells the untold and unjust story one of France's most celebrated poets, Paul Verlaine who shot and injured his lover, the 17-year old poet Arthur Rimbaud. Despite Rimbaud dropping the charges, Verlaine's homosexuality ensured that he received the maximum sentence - 555 days in Mons prison.
555: Verlaine en Prison, weaves together settings of Verlaine's poetry by Debussy, Hahn and Faure and extracts from his letters and poems to tell the poet's extraordinary story in his own words. Sung in French with English surtitles.
Approximate runtime 1 hour.
Age Advisory: References to violence and suicide
Cast/Performers
Logan Lopez Gonzalez (countertenor),
Anna Sideris,
Stella Marie Lorenz (piano)
Creatives/Company
Author(s):
Logan Lopez Gonzalez,
Eleanor BurkePresented by:
Green Opera
