Maria de Rudenz
Author(s):
Donizetti
Company:
Gothic Opera
This Halloween, Gothic Opera presents Maria de Rudenz by Donizetti, fully staged with a new arrangement for chamber orchestra. This production will be the first time Maria de Rudenz has been staged in the UK.
Maria de Rudenz is inspired by an episode of Matthew Gregory Lewis's gothic novel The Monk, and tells a gory story of deceit, murder, betrayal and resurrection from the dead. It premièred in 1838 in Venice.