A masterful stroke of theater… a luminous work full of wonders… stunningly beautiful.
-Jean Beattey Lewis, The Washington Times
Canto/Pianto is an abstracted retelling of the Orpheus myth. Brown’s acclaimed staging of Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo is the source of some of its movement, which is variously deconstructed and layered with new choreography.
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Claudio Monteverdi, L’Orfeo, conducted by René Jacobs. Sound Effects: Jim Dawson
Visual Design:
Trisha Brown
COSTUME:
Roland Aeschlimann with Burt Barr. Constructed by Suzanne Gallo
LIGHT:
Jennifer Tipton
LENGTH:
32 minutes
ORIGINAL CAST:
Kathleen Fisher, Mariah Maloney, Brandi Norton, Seth Parker, Stacy Matthew Spence, Todd Lawrence Stone, Katrina Thompson, Keith Thompson, Abigail Yager
NY PREMIERE:
Joyce Theater, New York, NY, May 5, 2000
WORLD PREMIERE:
Hebbel Theatre, Berlin, Germany, September 16, 1998