El Gallo: Opera for Actors October 9, 2010

A music director and five singers push themselves to the limits for a music competition in Mexico City's Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes' 'El Gallo: opera for actors.' The characters in this engrossing experimental theater find themselves teetering between insanity and euphoria as they work through their deepest inhibitions. Sung entirely in a made-up language, 'El Gallo' features a score and libretto by British composer, Paul Barker who conducts the music, performed live by Chicago's MAVerick Ensemble. El Gallo ispresented as part of the MCA Global Stage series, featuring five distinctive international theater and dance companies throughout the 2010-11 season. It is also part of Chicago's Mexico 2010 Festival.