Name: Matsukaze
Start: 2017-04-09T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-04-09T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Théâtre National

Presentation

THE DANCE OF WIND AND RAIN: AN EPHEMERAL BEAUTY

‘Yuya and Matsukaze are like a bowl of rice,’ as the Japanese saying goes, which suggests that you are no more likely to tire of these two small masterpieces of Noh theatre than you are of eating rice. Matsukaze was Toshio Hosokawa’s third opera, and its very first performance was given at La Monnaie in 2011. In a dreamlike setting, a monk meets the souls of Matsukaze and Murasame, two sisters who were both in love with an exiled nobleman and who, years after their deaths, are still wandering around in the place where they loved, near a pine tree on the beach. The intimist approach that is so typical of Noh theatre sets the tone of this work, performed by just four characters and a small chorus, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Sasha Waltz has created an enthralling performance that organically fuses music, theatre, and dance, and Barbara Hannigan and Charlotte Hellekant are both brilliant as singers and dancers.

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Dates & tickets

6 – 9.4.2017

Location

Théâtre National

Running time

ca 1:30 (no interval)

Prices

Cat 1 - € 89 / Cat 2, 3 - € 54
Cat 4, 5 - € 29 / Cat 6 - € 10

Language

Sung in German
Surtitles in French and in Dutch

Presentation

Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances by Delphine Berryer (in French) & Gertje Haelterman (in Dutch)

Streaming

Live on ARTE Concert
08.04.2017

Matsukaze is meticulously made and compellingly beautiful. La Monnaie has brought together a team whose work is so harmonious that it hurts, and the 80 minutes of the performance pass all too quickly.
– Financial Times

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