Opera
Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
‘As death is the true goal of our existence, I have become so well acquainted with this true, best friend of humankind over the last few years that death’s image is not only no longer terrifying to me but is indeed very soothing and consoling.’
These musings by Mozart on life and death were the starting point for Raphaël Pichon and Romeo Castellucci’s interpretation of the composer’s emblematic unfinished Requiem. An expression of humankind’s existential dread in the face of mortality, this requiem mass confronts us with the transience of nature and culture, of humankind and of the individual. ‘We should understand and celebrate the end as the other side of a party, where the dance carries on. This Missa pro defunctis is thus transposed and its meaning changed.’ Thanks to Castellucci’s theatrical vision and the musical dramaturgy by Pichon, who supplements the work with other religious pieces by Mozart, this Requiem becomes the ultimate celebration of life.
Magazine
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OperaRomeo Castellucci at La Monnaie
A video portrait
These days he is a two-time winner of Opernwelt’s award for ‘Opera Director of the Year’, but for the longest time, it didn’t look like Romeo Castellucci would tackle the art form at all. Until 2011, when La Monnaie invited him to work on Richard Wagner’s Parsifal. What followed is operatic history. In this video portrait, the director reveals his artistic credo and returns to his previous stagings at La Monnaie.
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OperaRequiem
Dedicated to the victims of the war in Ukraine.
La Monnaie would like to dedicate this series of performances of the Requiem to Ukrainian citizens and children, victims of a ruthless aggressor intent on reducing a nation, a people, a tradition, a culture, a language and so much more to ‘nothingness’.
Gallery
Dates
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Fri 29 Apr 2022
Time
20:00
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Sat 30 Apr 2022
Time
20:00
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Tue 03 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Thu 05 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Fri 06 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Sun 08 May 2022
Time
15:00
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Tue 10 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Wed 11 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Fri 13 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Sat 14 May 2022
Time
20:00
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Cast
ConductorRAPHAËL PICHON
Director, stage design, costumes & lightingROMEO CASTELLUCCI
Collaborator stage direction & costumesSILVIA COSTADramaturgyPIERSANDRA DI MATTEOChoreographyEVELIN FACCHINIArtistic collaborator lighting MARCO GIUSTI
SopranoSANDRINE PIAU AltoSARA MINGARDO TenoreANICIO ZORZI GIUSTINIANI BassoLUCA TITTOTO Boy soprano CHADI LAZREQ
Orchestra and Chorus Pygmalion
ProductionFESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE (2019) Co-productionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
ADELAIDE FESTIVAL
THEATER BASEL
WIENER FESTWOCHEN
PALAU DE LES ARTS REINA SOFÍA VALENCIA
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter
