Begun as a collaboration between former San Diego New Music executive director Colin McAllister and composer Christopher Adler in 2006, Aeneas in the Underworld is an ambitious and unique project.
It combines oratory and music for a solo performer who recites the sixth book of Virgil?s epic story, the Aeneid, in the original Latin, while playing a guitar (which is subject to drastic retuning, preparations, and playing implements).
The soloist, embodying the extraordinary mastery of Aeneas, the hero, is accompanied by a second guitarist, string quartet, and electronics. The story recounts the hero?s descent into the underworld and fateful meeting with the shade of his father, which reveals to the hero the future glories of Rome.
For more details and a list of the performers, please visit the Athenaeum website.
Admission/Cost: $5 - $25
Location:
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St.
La Jolla, CA
Friday, March 29 - 7:30 PM
It combines oratory and music for a solo performer who recites the sixth book of Virgil?s epic story, the Aeneid, in the original Latin, while playing a guitar (which is subject to drastic retuning, preparations, and playing implements).
The soloist, embodying the extraordinary mastery of Aeneas, the hero, is accompanied by a second guitarist, string quartet, and electronics. The story recounts the hero?s descent into the underworld and fateful meeting with the shade of his father, which reveals to the hero the future glories of Rome.
For more details and a list of the performers, please visit the Athenaeum website.
Admission/Cost: $5 - $25
Location:
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St.
La Jolla, CA
Friday, March 29 - 7:30 PM
