Rufus Wainwright's original opera finds Emperor Hadrian devastated after his lover Antinous drowns in the Nile River. While matters of state encroach on his grief, and advisors clamour for war against a radical new threat to the Empire, Hadrian slips out of time to re-encounter the vision and reality of Antinous—and learn the truth about what happened on the Nile.

Cast

Isaiah Bell

Antinous

Thomas Hampson

Hadrian

Karita Mattila

Plotina

Roger Honeywell

Trajan

David Leigh

Turbo

Ambur Braid

Sabina