Les Smelles De Tiresias Play Analysis

As we entered Peter Jay Sharp Theater, I was glad to have equipped myself by thoroughly understanding the purpose behind the structure of the performance I was here to witness. We chose to be seated on the balcony to better appreciate the music, and I realized that the concert hall possessed a similar layout to the college auditorium. It was also considerably smaller than the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, where I have been to see wonderful ballet performances. The demographics encompassed an audience composed largely of senior citizens, with a scattered few college students. Within a few minutes of being seated, Theo Huffman opened Les Mamelles de Tirésias by urging the audience to “make babies” using a baritone. Although the opera was performed in its original language, French,
In one particularly amusing scene, a reporter arrives to inquire about the birth of this new method of procreation and a new child is born as a grown man dressed in diapers appears from the rotating bar. This obnoxious son goes against his father’s wishes and expresses it in a fine tenor. This touches upon how parents try to impose their dreams on their children, while they do not understand that the offspring are independent individuals who will develop their own purpose and desires. Throughout the play, there was a satirical touch on feminism and the radical switch of gender roles as women were accused of refusing to “make babies” while society at large urged them to do the opposite. . Overall, my daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance – it was a sensational change from the elegance of the ballet and everything was more pronounced and presented with absolute clarity. The action was fast-paced and there was not a single moment where it paused for a breath. Les Mamelles de Tirésias helped me to fully appreciate the necessity of comedy in a postwar