麻豆社

Did beauty really kill the beast? Enter the World of Shadows: a land beyond the living where the inhabitants are obsessed with King Kong. But the giant ape never lived, so how can he die? The painter Vermeer, his most famous model, a movie mogul and the demigod Orpheus all have a part to play, as composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist Russell Hoban tip the whole of western culture into the blender. The result was The Second Mrs Kong鈥攁n opera like nothing else in British music.

Utterly bizarre and gloriously entertaining, it鈥檚 been described as 鈥渉ypnotically beautiful鈥�, but performances have been rare since its world premiere in 1994. With Martyn Brabbins conducting an all-star cast, you won鈥檛 want to miss this one.

TICKETS are free but reservation is required (max. 4 per booking). Seating is unreserved.

DURATION: 2hrs 30 mins, including a 20-min interval