Name: The Lure of the East: Persian Poetry in Song with Soraya Mafi and Simon Lepper
Start: 2024-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: London Coliseum

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Soraya Mafi

Simon Lepper

Piano

English National Opera

The Lure of the East: Persian Poetry in Song with Soraya Mafi and Simon Lepper

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

Public

Concert

Approved

British-Iranian soprano Soraya Mafi and pianist Simon Lepper perform a programme inspired by Goethe’s West Östlicher Divan – a collection of lyrical poems influenced by the Persian poet Hafez. Other works include settings of the Persian poet Rumi, Iranian composer Mahdis Kashani, a setting of Hafez by Sally Beamish and French chanson inspired by Persia.

English

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast