Orpheus for the age of Trump: Anaïs Mitchell on her folk opera Hadestown
Mitchell's hit off-Broadway show about a tyrannical billionaire building a wall to 'keep out the enemy' was written in 2006 but could hardly be more topical. The folk singer discusses retelling an ancient myth at a time of 'political horror'"Why do we build the wall, my children?" growls Hades, king of the underworld, in Anaïs Mitchell's folk opera Hadestown. This demon is a slick business guy, a billionaire steel…