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Layered smudges of paint

Scourge of Hyacinths (1994)

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Source Material
Based on the play by Wole Soyinka
Arias
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SYNOPSIS

Based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s. When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear reign.

PREMIERE INFORMATION

Münchener Biennale, 1994

Artists:

  • Conductor - Tania León
  • Director - Mark Lamos