Glyndebourne Reinvents the Hip Hopera | BBC News

Glyndebourne, home of Britain's classiest opera parties struck out in a new direction by staging a "hiphopera", complete with street-dance and rap music. The co-production with German and Finnish companies in an increasingly successful attempt to draw new, and particularly young, audiences to opera.
A reworking of Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte', the provisionally titled School4Lovers hip opera toured Finland, Germany, and the Baltic States. The £200,000 European Education co-production was awarded 4/5 stars ★★★★ on it's opening night by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, and Guardian newspapers marking a triumph for both Hip hop and Opera during the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
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Marcus "Paradise" Dawes as Donnie:
-- 'He was clearly capable of anything - and his real name was, aptly enough, Paradise. And, as MC, he controlled a Cosí fan tutte such as Glyndebourne has never seen before.' Hilary Finch, The Times
-- 'Donnie, played by a man known only as Paradise, formed the pivot of the action as narrator and instigator of the drama. In his black hat and neck-chain, Paradise made a suspiciously plausible pimp and hustler, rhyming his way sleekly through the twists of the plot…'
-- Adam Sweeting, The Telegraph www.telegraph....
-- 'The music promoter Donnie is played by the charismatic Paradise, who sets up exactly the right buzz of expectation.' Michael Church, The Independent www.independen...
Co-starring: Ville Salonen, Jessica Walker, Christine Gelder, Natasha Seale, Marvin Springer and Mozart
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