Concert / Opera & Family
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera & Family, Libretto reading
La Muette de Portici Walpurgis & MM Academy
Presentation
The Revolution began … in the theatre!
Portici, 1638. It’s not only the Vesuvius that is about to erupt. Masaniello watches as the son of the tyrannical Spanish viceroy first seduces and then coldly dumps his mute sister Fenella. The crafty fisherman becomes an angry fisherman: it’s time to throw off the Spanish yoke for good. Aux armes, Napolitains!
Brussels, 1830. It’s not only the fireworks in honour of King William I that are about to explode. At La Monnaie, the curtain rises on an opera in which a Neapolitan fisherman takes matters into his own hands. The mood in the auditorium soon changes from ‘bourgeois’ to ‘combat’: Aux armes, les Belges!
Nearly two centuries later, Walpurgis and the MM Academy singers dust off the libretto of this opera to introduce it to young and old in a new way. A cheerful vivisection of La muette de Portici, full of humour, acting pleasure and music. Grand opéra on a small scale!
Gallery
Dates
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Tue 07 Nov 2023
Time11:00
InfosSchools NL
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Tue 07 Nov 2023
Time14:00
InfosSchools NL
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Wed 08 Nov 2023
Time19:00
InfosNL
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Thu 09 Nov 2023
Time14:00
InfosSchools FR
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Thu 09 Nov 2023
Time19:00
InfosFR
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Fri 10 Nov 2023
Time11:00
InfosSchools FR
Cast
Cast
Concept, adaptation and artistic directionJUDITH VINDEVOGEL
Actors (NL)LINDE CARRIJN, JANNE DESMET, JOHN NIYIBIZI, IVAN PECNIK, FIENE ZASADA Actors (FR)RAOUL COLLECTIF(LEÏLA CHAARANI, ROMAIN DAVID, JÉRÔME DE FALLOISE, ANNE-MARIE LOOP ET YAËL STEINMANN)SingersMARION BAUWENS* (soprano), TIMOTHY VERYSER** (tenor)Musical adaptation and accordionSARA SALVÉRIUSTrumpetANGEL CALVO PÉREZScenographySTEF DEPOVERCostumesCAROLINE WITTEMANSFrench translationBRIGITTE BRISBOIS
* MM Soloist
** MM Choir Academy
ProductionWALPURGIS
CoproductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
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