Hadrian

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.

• Rufus WainwrightWriter
• Peter HintonDirector
• Rufus WainwrightOriginal Music Composer
• Daniel MacIvorWriter

• Isaiah BellAntinous
• Thomas HampsonHadrian
• Karita MattilaPlotina
• Roger HoneywellTrajan
• David LeighTurbo
• Ambur BraidSabina