Anthropocene - MacRae
A team of scientists becomes trapped in the frozen Arctic wastelands.Tensions rise and relationships crumble, and then something appears, out of the ice.This fourth collaboration between composer Stuart MacRae and librettist Louise Welsh is their most ambitious to date.With unrelenting drama and superb storytelling, Anthropocene engages with the crucial issues of our time – climate change, sacrifice and our ceaseless quest for knowledge.
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A team of scientists becomes trapped in the frozen Arctic wastelands. Tensions rise and relationships crumble, and then something appears, out of the ice. This fourth collaboration between composer Stuart MacRae and librettist Louise Welsh is their most ambitious to date. With unrelenting drama and superb storytelling, Anthropocene engages with the crucial issues of our time – climate change, sacrifice and our ceaseless quest for knowledge.
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