Playing Tomebau in The Doll Behind the Curtain at Tête à Tête
I'm delighted to have been asked to play Tomebau in Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour's new opera, The Doll behind the Curtain, at this year's Tête à Tête festival on the 6th and 7th of April. The first Iranian opera with an English libretto, it's a haunting story of a student’s all-consuming obsession with a beautiful shop mannequin. It explores the dissonance, both musical and cultural, between East and West and tradition and modernity. An innovative, psychological work of musical t
