Cassandra
Bernard Foccroulle
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera
Cassandra Bernard Foccroulle, Matthew Jocelyn
Presentation
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 their first opera, Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle and librettist Matthew Jocelyn have 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.
Don't miss the committed choral concerts by the Chœur Cassandra Koor, 1 hour before each performance at the Place de la Monnaie !
Under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (21.9.2023)
Dates & tickets
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Location
Prices
Dynamic ticket prices
Starting from € 12 to € 165
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50
Language
Sung in English
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Running time
1:50 (without interval)
Presentation
Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance: in Dutch by Pieter Mannaerts (Grand Foyer) and in French by Benoit Van Langenhove (Bonbonnière)
More info
17.9: Car Free Sunday
An opera in thirteen scenes
and a prologue
Music by Bernard Foccroulle
Libretto by Matthew Jocelyn
World premiere
Commissioned by la Monnaie
Gallery
Magazine
Dates
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Sun 10 Sept 2023
Time15:00
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Tue 12 Sept 2023
Time20:00
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Thu 14 Sept 2023
Time20:00
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Sun 17 Sept 2023
Time15:00
Venue -
Tue 19 Sept 2023
Time20:00
Venue -
Thu 21 Sept 2023
Time20:00
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Sat 23 Sept 2023
Time20:00
Venue
Cast
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 Apollo / Angry Audience MemberJOSHUA HOPKINS Priam / AlexanderGIDON SAKS Stage Manager / MarjorieSANDRINE 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
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