In

Conversation:

William

Kentridge

and

arts

writer

Jan

Dalley

This special event marks the world premiere of Kentridge's new production of Monteverdi's ‘L'Orfeo’. In his Glyndebourne Festival debut, the celebrated South African artist brings to L'Orfeo the richly layered visual language that has defined his career: an intricate mixture of live and filmed elements, hand-drawn animations, collages, shadow play and performance.

In this conversation, Kentridge will reflect on how he has brought Monteverdi's great opera to life, translating the timeless myth of Orpheus for contemporary audiences with a theatrical coalescence of the visual and the musical.