John Malkovich - Live on stage in The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial KillerWritten and Directed by Michael Sturminger - North American Premiere
1 hour and 45 mins
Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1976 for murdering a teenage girl, Austria's Jack Unterweger reinvented himself as a literary celebrity with his acclaimed autobiography, Purgatory. Hailed by his country's intellectual elite as a triumph of rehabilitation, he was paroled in 1990 - only to claim the lives of eleven more women on two continents.
Stage and screen star John Malkovich reincarnates this deadly Don Juan - a man as outwardly charming as he was brilliantly manipulative - while two sopranos, their soaring voices blending with the music of the Orchester Wiener Akademie in arias by Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi and others, represent the women in Unterweger's life: the mother who abandoned him and the victims of his murderous obsession.
Part theatre, part opera, part concert, this North American premiere affords an unforgettable glimpse into the heart of human darkness.
Event Information
Massey Hall
178 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON
M5B 1T7
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$55.00 - $125.00
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GatsbyTO said: On June 14, 2010 11:46am
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GatsbyTO said: On June 14, 2010 11:44am
"The Infernal Comedy is a peculiar hybrid of theatre and opera recital that deliberately provides only limited enjoyment. The mere fact that it stars John Malkovich in a role that is ideal for him will be enough to draw in his fans. They should know, however, that the goal of the show is not pleasure."