The Candle and the Lyre
The Candle and the Lyre ( formerly Cocteau in The Underworld) is a new opera by Ed Hughes with a libretto by Roger Morris.
A poet 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.
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