Producer: Teatru Manoel Venue: Teatru Manoel
Date: 13 January 2018
Time: 12.30pm
Description
AUDITIONS FOR CHORUS MEMBERS & REMAINING ROLES
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salty Sea
Teatru Manoel Education Programme: Toi Toi and Valletta 2018 Foundation are producing a commissioned piece with a score by Monique Krüs and libretto by Tama Matheson on Thursday 20th September and Saturday 22nd September 2018. Corto Maltese, the most enigmatic hero of the Italian adventure comic series, known as ‘the rogue with the heart of gold’ and created by Hugo Pratt, is the protagonist for the first ever staged opera production of the first adventure: The Ballad of the Salty Sea.
Directed by Corina van Eijk
Conducted by Monique Krüs
This is the fourth annual youth opera, produced through a match-funding initiative with the Valletta 2018 Foundation and as part of the Cultural Programme for Valletta 2018 - European Capital of Culture.