The Last Sorcerer
March 3 @ 7:30 pm
A recently rediscovered treasure by one of the most compelling artists of the nineteenth century resonates with themes that speak to us in the twenty-first.
After vanishing from the public eye for 150 years, the original 1867 manuscript of Pauline García Viardot’s Le Dernier Sorcier (The Last Sorcier) was acquired by Harvard Library, which gave The Wallis’ Artist-in-Residence Camille Zamora permission to transcribe, publish, record, and perform the work, with her English-language narration punctuating the sung performance story-book-style. Sing for Hope’s world premiere production at The Wallis features an all-star cast with Babatunde Akinboboye in the title role, Monica Yunus as the bold young Stella, Camille Zamora as the majestic Reine, Adriana Zabala as the dashing Prince Lelio, Karim Sulayman as Perlimpinpin, Anastasia Malliaras as Verveine, and Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ Chamber Singers in the central role of the magical woodland Fairies.
A recently rediscovered treasure by one of the most compelling artists of the nineteenth century resonates with themes that speak to us in the twenty-first.
After vanishing from the public eye for 150 years, the original 1867 manuscript of Pauline García Viardot’s Le Dernier Sorcier (The Last Sorcier) was acquired by Harvard Library, which gave The Wallis’ Artist-in-Residence Camille Zamora permission to transcribe, publish, record, and perform the work, with her English-language narration punctuating the sung performance story-book-style. Sing for Hope’s world premiere production at The Wallis features an all-star cast with Babatunde Akinboboye in the title role, Monica Yunus as the bold young Stella, Camille Zamora as the majestic Reine, Adriana Zabala as the dashing Prince Lelio, Karim Sulayman as Perlimpinpin, Anastasia Malliaras as Verveine, and Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ Chamber Singers in the central role of the magical woodland Fairies.