Aède of the Ocean and Land: A Cinematic Opera

 

ELLI'S NEWSLETTER MAY 2021 Dear friends and colleagues, Elli Papakonstantinou and ODC Ensemble invite  you to Aède of the Ocean and Land, a Cinematic  New Opera in Seven Acts, written by Noor Inayat Khan. A Sufi fable inspired by Homer’s Odyssey.  This is one of the first operas designed and performed exclusively for zoom, used here as an alternative stage. The 22 artists involved are spanning ten time zones, representing five countries. Aéde Of the Ocean and Land    Featuring grammy-winner bass-baritone Dashon Burton, acclaimed sopranos Emily Pulley, Jennifer Zetlan, Lito Messini & The Cassatt String Quartet. May 15 – June 15, at  8:00 PM EDT 3:00 PM EEST (Athens), 2:00 PM CEST (Central Europe) get your tickets at: Aéde of the Ocean and Land | Sparrow Live Aéde Of the Ocean and Land  Directed by Elli Papakonstantinou. Music by Shirish Korde. Video Art design & Live Performance by Stephanie Sherriff. Watch the Official Trailer Noor Inayat Khan (1914 - 1944) is widely remembered as a hero  and martyr of the Second World War. Her newly discovered play,  Aède Of the Ocean And Land, written in verse, uses Odyssey  as its framework creating a gripping retelling of Homer’s.  The seven acts and the structure of Aède recall the seven  valleys traversed by the birds in Farid Attar’s medieval  Sufi classic “The Conference of the Birds". Aède is best described as a literary blend of East and West  that imparts important universal truths, the central themes  concerning love – personal, transcendental, and spiritual –  and renunciation. Aède the opera expresses this tapestry of  Eastern and Western musical and artistic traditions.   Buy Your Tickets Now THE CAST : Dashon Burton Emily Pulley Jennifer Zetlan Lito Messini Kelvin Chan Adrian Frieling Elias Husiak Laura Jobin-Acosta Katerina Papachristou Valia Papachristou Julia Rabia Rahm MUSICIANS: Srinivas Reddy, sitar Amit Kavthekar, tabla Jonathan Hess, percussion The Cassatt String Quartet: Muneko Otani, violin, Jennifer Leshnower, violin, Ah Ling Neu, viola Elizabeth LatifaNoor Anderson, cello Co-produced by Sara Tarana Jobin on behalf of The Astana , and the ODC Ensemble. "I strongly believe crisis is a catalyst for change and a transition from the private to the public sphere. In my case, it signaled a break with the present and gave birth to new ways of thinking and making art."    Elli Papakonstantinou And if you need more information about our news and roundabouts, watch our selection of videos and contact us, you are all invited to visit our site!

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