A rebel with a cause: how I breathed new life into Monteverdi’s Saracen warrior

It was the energy of the baroque gem Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda that first drew choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, but its enigmatic heroine became an obsession. She explains why she has given Clorinda a new story – and an extra body.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/07/clorinda-agonistes-clorinda-the-warrior-shobana-jeyasingh-monteverdi-il-combattimento-di-tancredi-e-clorinda