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International Opera Award
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Best World Premiere
Opera
The Time of Our Singing Kris Defoort
Presentation
SINGING MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE OF LIFE THAN LIVING HAD TO START WITH.— RICHARD POWERS (THE TIME OF OUR SINGING)
After a year of anticipation, Kris Defoort’s new opera will finally be brought to the stage! Black Lives Matter, police brutality, rigged elections: these are themes that have remained at the forefront of current affairs over the past year. There are clear parallels to be drawn between the recent history of the US and The Time of Our Singing, which was inspired by the Richard Powers novel of the same name. The work depicts the life of a mixed-race family that is both united and divided by music, against the backdrop of segregation in the post-war United States. In collaboration with the librettist Peter van Kraaij, the conductor Kwamé Ryan, and the stage director Ted Huffman, Kris Defoort conjures an imaginary space in which official history and personal histories intertwine, in which people come together to weave a narrative, and in which jazz and classical music are enriched by one another. ‘To my mind, it doesn’t happen often that a contemporary opera is so profoundly rooted in the “now” and yet raises so many universal themes.’ (Kris Defoort)
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Prices
Cat a - € 135 / Cat b - € 120
Cat c - € 105 / Cat d - € 88
Cat e - € 65 / Cat f - € 39
Cat g - € 12 / Gold - € 162
Language
Sung in English
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Streaming
Free streaming on lamonnaie.be
5.10 > 16.11.2021
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Broadcast on Klara
6.11.2021
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Broadcast on Musiq3
6.11.2021
Running time
3:00 (1 intermission)
Magazine
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OperaNotes on words, words on notesA conversation with Richard Powers -
OperaThis particular piece is unique in my career
Conductor Kwamé Ryan -
Opera"Mixedness" - unified in timeKwamé Ryan on 'The Time of Our Singing' -
OperaA struggle, a pain, expressed through music
Jam session with Abigail Abraham (Ruth) -
OperaThe Time of Our SingingFrom Great American Novel to opera
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Dates
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Tue 14 Sept 2021
Time19:30
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Thu 16 Sept 2021
Time19:30
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Fri 17 Sept 2021
Time19:30
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Sun 19 Sept 2021
Time15:00
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Tue 21 Sept 2021
Time14:00
VenueInfosBuilding Bridges
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Wed 22 Sept 2021
Time19:30
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Fri 24 Sept 2021
Time19:30
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Sun 26 Sept 2021
Time15:00
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Cast
Cast
An opera by Kris Defoort
Libretto by Peter van Kraaij
Based on the novel by Richard Powers
ConductorKWAMÉ RYAN
DirectorTED HUFFMAN
Set designJOHANNES SCHÜTZ
CostumesASTRID KLEIN
LightingBERND PURKRABEK
VideoPIERRE MARTIN
ChoreographyALAN BARNES
DramaturgyPETER VAN KRAAIJ & ANTONIO CUENCA RUIZ
Delia DaleyCLARON MCFADDEN
William DaleyMARK S. DOSS
David StromSIMON BAILEY
JonahLEVY SEKGAPANE
JoeyPETER BRATHWAITE
RuthABIGAIL ABRAHAM
Lisette SoerLILLY JØRSTAD
StudentsCHLOÉ BRYAN,
ISSAÏAH FISZMAN,
EVA ROSE THYS
PianistDAVID ZOBEL
La Monnaie Chamber orchestra
Jazz quartet (Mark Turner, Lander Gyselinck, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure)
La Monnaie's Children's and Youth Choir led by Benoît Giaux
Production LA MONNAIE / DE MUNTCo-production LOD MUZIEKTHEATER
THEATER ST.GALLEN
In coproduction with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government
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