Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
A visually stunning, musical, and poetic exploration of legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
FROM NYCOCT 30–NOV 03, 2019
GALLERY
FROM NYCOCT 30–NOV 03, 2019
SHOW INFO
- Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116 - 70 minutes, no intermission
- Tickets from $25
- Ages 16+ | This work contains images depicting sexuality and nudity, and includes frank discussions of sexuality.
ARTISTS
- Composed by Bryce Dessner
- Libretto by korde arrington tuttle
- Featuring words by Essex Hemphill & Patti Smith
- Directed by Kaneza Schaal
- Featuring Roomful of Teeth with Alicia Hall Moran & Isaiah Robinson
- Music Direction & Conducting by Brad Wells
- Produced by ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann in Cooperation with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
- Music by Bryce Dessner is used with permission of Chester Music Ltd.
- TRIPTYCH was commissioned by ArtsEmerson.
- Supported in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Produced in Residency with and Commissioned by University Musical Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
- Co-produced by Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel Music and Artistic Director.
- TRIPTYCH was co-commissioned by BAM; Luminato Festival, Toronto, Canada; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece; Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, OH; Cal Performances, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Stanford Live, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Adelaide Festival, Australia; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for performance as part of DirectCurrent 2019; Texas Performing Arts, UT Austin; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; the Momentary, Bentonville, AR, Celebrity Series, Boston, MA; and developed in residency with MassMOCA, North Adams, MA.
- Triptych is presented by ArtsEmerson in association with Celebrity Series of Boston and New England Conservatory
