The Soul of the Philosopher (L’anima del filosofo) is Joseph Haydn’s lost Orfeo, declared contraband and shut down before its premiere in 1791.

The opera lay dormant in dusty Eastern European archives until the Cold War — now, Haydn’s ambitious political setting of the Orpheus myth will be staged in North America for the first time.

Now, an innovative collaboration between the University of Toronto and McGill University assembles artists and students from across Canada and the US to animate this ancient tale of greed, passion, and self-control.

May 26-27 at 7:30 pm MacMillan Theatre, University of Toronto, 80 Queen's Park, Toronto FREE Reserve seats: https://orfeotoronto.eventbrite.com