End Times: Closure and Disclosure in King Lear

The IN Series production of The Promised End brings together Giuseppe Verdi and William Shakespeare in a unique reimagining of King Lear alongside the composer’s towering Requiem. Heart-stopping melodies and breathtaking choruses reveal Verdi at the moment of his death, weighing fragments of his life, telling the story of the opera Lear that he never finished, and experiencing the dual anxiety and freedom of death and hope for something more. 

Marjorie Garber will discuss Shakespeare’s play, its themes of resurrection and transfiguration, and her own view of the play in Shakespeare After All, which came to provide the text for this IN Series’ world-premiere investigation into two giants of the early modern and Romantic Stage. Some thoughts about the ways the plays end will reflect further upon Lear’s vision–and Shakespeare’s.

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