Written and performed by countertenor Logan Lopez Gonzalez and directed by Eleanor Burke, Verlaine en prison is a musical-theatre portrait of the poet’s 555 days behind bars. Verlaine’s letters, extracts from Mes prisons and autobiographical fragments are set beside melodies by Fauré, Hahn, Debussy, Léo Ferré and Varèse, creating an intimate sound world. Soprano Anna Sideris and pianist Stella Marie Lorenz accompany the vocal narrative, blending poetry and song to explore faith, regret and creative rebirth.
In French.
