Jupiter’s Journey To The Earth

(2024)
Little Opera Theatre of New York

(2024) Jupiter’s Journey to the Earth is based upon the story of Philemon and Baucis from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Franz Joseph Haydn’s opera Philemon und Baucis, oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde was originally written for a marionette theater at the Royal Castle of Esterhazy in the 18th century. In the story, the gods look down upon the Earth and observe mankind’s cruelty towards one another and the world in which they live. At first, they throw storms upon the Earth as punishment for the humans’ bad behavior. But before destroying everything, the gods decide to search for any good people remaining. Jupiter and Mercury descend upon the Earth and discover a husband and wife whose kindness proves humanity is worth saving. Jupiter’s Journey to the Earth was created in part during a Baryshnikov Arts 2024 spring residency.