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.


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Isaiah Bell
Antinous

Thomas Hampson
Hadrian

Karita Mattila
Plotina

Roger Honeywell
Trajan

David Leigh
Turbo

Ambur Braid
Sabina