Sappho's Garden
Sun, Sep 01
|Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Sappho’s Garden is a solo folk opera that rediscovers the fragmented remains of Sappho’s poetry through a contemporary lens, marrying the classical and folk genres in a new work by the Spare Key Collective.
Time & Location
Sep 01, 2024, 9:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Bedford Row, Halifax, NS B3J, Canada
About the event
Sappho’s Garden is a solo folk opera that rediscovers the fragmented remains of Sappho’s poetry
through a contemporary lens, marrying the classical and folk genres in a new work by the Spare
Key Collective. What remains of Sappho's poetry shows us glimpses of her life; however, these
mysterious fragments stir more questions than answers. Over two thousand years ago, Sappho
wrote the words, “someone will remember us, I say; even in another time.” Sappho's Garden
rediscovers her legacy and reimagines what it means to a contemporary audience. In Sappho's
Garden, we plant our feet firmly in tradition while reaching through centuries of distortion and
into a universe of possibilities. This project has been developed with the generous support of the
Canada Council for the Arts.