THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: GLUCK’S MERLIN’S ISLAND and ULLMANN’S THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA, United StatesMerlin's Island: Gluck’s clever opera is a light-hearted parody that takes nothing seriously. The Emperor of Atlantis: Death decides to teach mankind a lesson in this powerfully dramatic work. MERLIN'S ISLAND: Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck Libretto by Louis Anseaume, based on Lesage and D'Orneval's Le monde renversé Two Parisians are shipwrecked on an island […]