Cocteau Rodeo
"I'm on the trail of the unknown!" – Jean Cocteau
Bull Riders, Cowboy Poets, Rodeo Clowns, French Existentialists, Beauty Queens, and Nazi Stormtroopers all crowd into the audio spectrum to contribute their bit toward the re-telling of the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Inspired in part by the plays, poems, operas, drawings and films of Jean Cocteau, and "Black Orpheus," winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959, this audio theater collage features music by such diverse artists as Robert Fripp, Aaron Copeland, Elvis Presley, Bob Wills, Edgar Varese, Erik Satie, Francis Polenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honneger, Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Cast
Jerry Rapp - Orpheus
Jill Sayre - Eurydice
Ivy Ney - Radio Free Europe
Jacqui Harris - Death
Pat Stubbs - Rodeo Announcer
Matthew Tobin - Inspector Cocteau
Luke Van Alan - Soapy Dollar
John Henri - "Listen to my words!"
Buck Holland - Rodeo Clown
Barry Gremillion - Vegas Minister
Brenda Strong - Beauty Queen
Gary Robertson - Cowboy Poet
Kathryn Armstrong - Ripe Woman
Cheryl Welty - Persephone
Music
From the Film Black Orpheus - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa & Joao Gilberto
Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists
Stay A Little Longer - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Hyperprism - Edgar Varese
Rodeo - Aaron Copland
La Marseillaise - Berlioz Variations
Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 - Saint Saens
Gymnopedie, Six Pieces de la Periode 1906-1913, Deux Reveries Nocturnes - Erik Satie
Les Biches - Francis Poulenc
Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit - Darius Milhaud
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
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