The Breasts of Tiresias: Staged Reading of a New Translation at Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, London on Tuesday 17th September 2019

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The Breasts of Tiresias

Staged Reading of a New Translation

Add to my Calendar 17-09-2019 19:45 17-09-2019 21:45 36 The Breasts of Tiresias The Breasts of Tiresias by Francis Poulenc is an opera based on the eponymous play by Guillaume Apollinaire. Originally composed in 1945, It is a burlesque gender bending comedy: Thérèse gives up her female identity, cuts off her breasts, joins the army and rails against childbirth.  Her husband, terrified that there will be no children in the future, seeks a way of procreating himself; he ends up with a surplus of babies. The opera ends with a reunion of husband and wife, and a message to the audience: “go make children not war!”. The Breasts of Tiresias  is an opera about gender and power. It examines the meaning of fertility in a post cataclysmic continent, and tests how traditional gender structures can shift in the wake of war.  This is a rehearsed reading of a new translation by Polly Graham and Tim Burke. Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park
Rye Lane
Peckham
London
SE15 4TG
England

Tuesday 17th September 2019
7:45 PM

Programme

Francis Poulenc – The Breasts of Tiresias

Performers

Timothy Burke – Conductor
Polly Graham – stage director

Loud Crowd

Programme Note

The Breasts of Tiresias by Francis Poulenc is an opera based on the eponymous play by Guillaume Apollinaire. Originally composed in 1945, It is a burlesque gender bending comedy: Thérèse gives up her female identity, cuts off her breasts, joins the army and rails against childbirth. Her husband, terrified that there will be no children in the future, seeks a way of procreating himself; he ends up with a surplus of babies. The opera ends with a reunion of husband and wife, and a message to the audience: “go make children not war!”.

The Breasts of Tiresias is an opera about gender and power. It examines the meaning of fertility in a post cataclysmic continent, and tests how traditional gender structures can shift in the wake of war. This is a rehearsed reading of a new translation by Polly Graham and Tim Burke.

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