Even you, lights, cannot hear me/Nero Monologues

Directed By: Joyce Jin
Written By: Simone Spagnolo and Sarah Toth
Presented By: Time Zone Theatre

This summer, the Bridewell Theatre in the heart of the City of London will become the home of new and innovative opera productions.

A double-bill of bold, new and experimental works which combine art forms and push the boundaries of classical music.

Even you, lights, cannot hear me is a new operatic spectacle composed by Simone Spagnolo, based on a monologue by Anton Chekov's The Seagull.

Sarah Toth's multi-art form pastiche chamber opera, Nero Monologues, journeys the inner workings of the first-century emperor of Rome during his final hour. Music by Monteverdi, Handel, Kurtág, Copland, and Peter James Learn is layered with poetry by celebrated Australian poet Geoffrey Lehmann to structure this theatrical operatic piece for singer and dancer, accompanied by piano and string quartet.