Moby Dick Blues Off-Broadway Original Cast

Think Trainspotting meets The Perfect Storm in The Moby Dick Blues-a working class opera for our planet...for our times. Told through lyrics and live music that span the spectrum from blues, spoken word, rap and rock, this epic opera begs the question, "What was Ahab but an addict really, and what was the white whale but an allusion to opium, and heroin, its contemporary scourge." The opera's metaphor calls for a reevaluation of Ahab's vengeful obsession with the White Whale, and our own destructive relationship with nature, the environment and ourselves. Full synopsis