Notwehr

Van Parys / Schoeters / Minailo

Belgische première

music theatre

eye-opener

goosebumps

Tue 19 Mar 2024 -20.00

Last tickets

Kamermuziekzaal

introduction by Klaas Coulembier	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.15

Standard €29.00

Réduction -35 a. €19.20

Reduction -26 a. €15.00

All prices include booking fees.

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Volver meets Hiroshima mon Amour in this moving story of injustice and hope

Two women involuntarily share a prison cell: a young activist who was arrested after an illegal protest and a working-class woman who murdered her boyfriend. Their forced togetherness starts tensely, but as the nights go by, they share their fears and hopes. Notwehr brings together old and new music: a cycle of baroque madrigals by Banchieri provides a sort of echo of the past and of the outside world and intertwines with the new music of Annelies Van Parys.

programme

Annelies Van Parys (1975)
Notwehr (2022)

Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
La barca di Venezia per Padova (1605)

performers

Annelies Van Parys & Adriano Banchieri: music
Sjaron Minailo: direction
Raphael René Jacobs: director's assistant
Gaea Schoeters: libretto
Sjaron Minailo & Maarten Warmerdam: set
Patricia Hofstede: costume design
Maarten Warmerdam: lighting design
Johanna Zimmer & Els Mondelaers: vocals
HERMESensemble:
Stijn Saveniers: musical direction & cello
Gaetan La Mela: percussion
Karin de Fleyt: flute
Bram Fournier: trombone
B'Rock Vocal Consort (Camille Hubert, Margaret Hunter, Heike-Friederike Heilmann, Rosina Fabius, Fabian Kelly & Tobias Schlierf): vocal ensemble
production & commission: La Biennale di Venezia
co-production: Studio Minailo, HERMESensemble, Muziektheater Transparant & B'Rock Orchestra

This production was realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter and the performing arts fund