Warning: Erotic love ritual
Published 24 June, 2009, 17:42
Part opera, part theatre, “The Navigator” from Australian director Barrie Kosky arrives at the Chekhov festival in Moscow on June 25.
It has already won accolades from critics describing it as provocative, erotic, and unconventional.
Set to music by acclaimed contemporary Australian composer Lisa Lim, its director Barrie Kosky describes the performance as a “peacock’s dance, a dance funebre, a love ritual, a melting emerald.”
But in a nutshell – The Navigator is emotional. A fusion of drama, opera and modern tunes, the cutting-edge performance is based on The Mahabharata – one of the largest ancient Indian epics, said to be more than 2000 years old – as well as on the tragic legend of Tristan and Isolde.
The Navigator is brought together by five singers and 16 musicians, driven by their adventurous and daring stage director Barrie Kosky.
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