Cocteau in the Underworld
Cocteau in The Underworld is a new opera by Ed Hughes with a libretto by Roger Morris.
Poet and film-maker Jean Cocteau dreams of the Underworld in order to recover a former lover from the Dead. Here he meets characters from his past and from his imagination. He is faced with a choice between love or creativity.The development of this exciting new work is being supported by Opera Genesis, the contemporary opera development programme of ROH2 at the Royal Opera House.