New York City
Piesni Leara / Songs of Lear
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland, Washington, DC
$10 - $25
Taking top honors at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this poetic and visceral song cycle distills Shakespeare’s darkly tragic King Lear to its musical essence. Movement, words and choral songs performed in Latin, Polish and English render in 12 compelling episodes the iconic story of aman who loses everything that defines him.