Can opera help to unite a country torn apart by a devastating natural disaster? Deborah Merola reports on One World Theatre Company’s work in Kathmandu.
When the earthquake struck on April 25, 2015, the cast and creative team of Kathmandu’s One World Theatre Company were in rehearsal for Anna in the Tropics. We hurled ourselves down the stairwell and hugged the ground in the courtyard, which continued to roll beneath us. It was just the first of two 7.8-magnitude quakes that rocked the capital of Nepal, leveling buildings and killing more than 8,000 people.
At the time, plans were already underway for an original music-drama, The Macbeth Massacre, which would combine the talents of acclaimed international opera singers Roy Stevens and... Keep reading on American Theatre
When the earthquake struck on April 25, 2015, the cast and creative team of Kathmandu’s One World Theatre Company were in rehearsal for Anna in the Tropics. We hurled ourselves down the stairwell and hugged the ground in the courtyard, which continued to roll beneath us. It was just the first of two 7.8-magnitude quakes that rocked the capital of Nepal, leveling buildings and killing more than 8,000 people.
At the time, plans were already underway for an original music-drama, The Macbeth Massacre, which would combine the talents of acclaimed international opera singers Roy Stevens and... Keep reading on American Theatre