A New Music Theater Work in Three Acts
Kate Soper, Composer
Nigel Maister, Director/Librettist
Alan Pierson, Conductor with Alarm Will Sound
A 19th-century woman sails down the Nile discovering beauty and brutality in equal measure. Two Nubian brothers drown in the river, setting in motion a chain of events that will see their temple saved from a similar fate millennia later. A contemporary tourist confronts The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing on Fifth Avenue. Generations seek to control memory and secure their place in history. Inspired in part by the writings of Victorian adventurer Amelia Edwards, I Was Here I Was I is an immersive experience, using spoken text, song, and music.
Commissioned for the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art and The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.
Tickets to this event include Museum admission.
Met Museum Presents
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York
NY 10028
Box office 212 570 3949
Online tickets http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/concerts-and-performances/aws-4-i-was-here-i-was-i?eid=4160
