Valletta
The Ballad of the Salty Seas
Teatru Manoel, Old Theatre street, Valletta
Opera
Opera

Recommended Age: 6+

Parents and Guardians must note that this opera makes some reference to alcohol and there is a shooting and a murder that might be upsetting for the earlier years.

Teatru Manoel, as part of its Toi Toi Education Programme, and Valletta 2018 Foundation are producing a commissioned piece with a score by Monique Krüs and libretto by Corina van Eijk adapted from an original script by Tama Matheson.

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.

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.


Dates
20th September 2018 20:30
22nd September 2018 20:30
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