A baroque burlesque opera.
Theater in the round with table seating.
Complimentary Red Dragon Punch from Beach Tribe Sodaworks and tasty treats from the Bore Tide Pretzel Company.
A monstrous dragon is terrorizing the village of Wantley! The townspeople seek help from the galant Sir Moore who loves all things beer. Will the two sopranos dueling for his affections thwart his ability to defeat the terrible beast?
A parody of serious opera, The Dragon of Wantley (1737) was the most popular English opera (or “anti-opera”) of the eighteenth century. Honoring the burlesque tradition, this production with be staged as theatre “in the round,” with the audience fully immersed and sometimes contributing to the story and action, shattering theatre’s imaginary “fourth wall.” According to librettist Henry Carey, “It is a Burlesque Opera: And Burlesque cannot be too Iow. Lowness (figuratively speaking) is the Sublimity of Burlesque: If so, this Opera is, consequently, the tip-top Sublime of its Kind.”
The Dragon of Wantley is made possible, in part, by generous support from the Atwood Foundation.
