The grim Greek myth of the Minotaur, half-beast and half-human, has been brought to life in a new, blood-drenched opera by leading British composer Harrison Birtwistle. The 73-year-old, dubbed the ...
Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra – a work he called a cantata but which is more like sung psychodrama – uses the poet Robert Lowell’s translation of Racine’s Phèdre to explore the fallout from the character ...
Head trapped in a prosthetic bull's cranium, hairy belly flopping out, a small stick-on penis standing to attention, Tomlinson is a reluctant and eloquent (if still pretty hideous) half-man, ...
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Phaedra + Minotaur at the Linbury

Half opera, half ballet, this production, combining composer Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra and choreographer Kim Brandstrup’s ...
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a fearsome half-man, half-bull creature that lived on the island of Crete during the reign of King Minos in the early Bronze Age period. Legend says that the ...