Opera
Cassandra
Sandra predicts the end of the world, but no one cares.
Sandra divides her time between her research into the melting ice caps and stand-up comedy. Concerned about her recent studies into the impact of human activity on the environment, she wants to use humour to raise awareness. But people around her are sceptical, as is her own family. Just as Cassandra predicted the fall of Troy without being heard, Sandra predicts the imminent approach of a terrible tragedy but no one is listening …
How can you convince others when they refuse to hear you? Why do some people ignore a future that is right before their eyes? For his first opera, Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle has chosen a highly topical theme: environmental activism in the face of social inertia. Thanks to a powerfully evocative score conducted by Kazushi Ono and sets that will transport us in turn to a huge library, a beehive and the heart of a glacier, Cassandra will be a powerful and poetic opening to the 2023–24 season.
Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the 'Young Opera' night (21.9.2023) and enjoy a free reception and exclusive introduction.
This production is part of TROIKA DIVERSITY
Dates
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Sun 10 Sept 2023
Time
15:00
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Tue 12 Sept 2023
Time
20:00
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Thu 14 Sept 2023
Time
20:00
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Sun 17 Sept 2023
Time
15:00
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Tue 19 Sept 2023
Time
20:00
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Thu 21 Sept 2023
Time
20:00
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Sat 23 Sept 2023
Time
20:00
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Cast
World premiere
An opera in thirteen scenes and a prologue
Music by Bernard Foccroulle
Libretto by Matthew Jocelyn
Commissioned by la Monnaie
ConductorKAZUSHI ONO Director & Video DesignerMARIE-EVE SIGNEYROLE
Set DesignerFABIEN TEIGNÉ Costume DesignerYASHI Lighting DesignerPHILIPPE BERTHOMÉ DramaturgeLOUIS GEISLER Video CollaboratorARTIS DZĒRVE Chorus MasterEMMANUEL TRENQUE
CassandraKATARINA BRADIĆ SandraJESSICA NILES Hecuba / VictoriaSUSAN BICKLEY NaomiSARAH DEFRISE BlakePAUL APPLEBY ApolloJOSHUA HOPKINS Priam / AlexanderGIDON SAKS Stage ManagerSANDRINE MAIRESSE Conference PresenterLISA WILLEMS °
° MM Laureate
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choirs
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
