Woman at Point Zero
LOD muziektheater
this event is part of
All Arias
Opera as a powerful voice for a new wave of feminism
The new opera Woman at Point Zero is based on the classic 1975 novel of the same name by Egyptian author Nawal El Sadaawi. In it she describes her meeting with Firdaus, a woman on death row in a Cairo prison, who shares her life story with her the night before her execution. Composer Bushra El-Turk, director Laila Soliman, writer Stacy Hardy and filmmaker Aida Elkashef turn this universal story of exploitation, sacrifice and a search for freedom into a gripping and poignant multimedia production.
programme
Bushra El-Turk (1982)
Woman at Point Zero
Based on the novel of the same name by Nawal El Saadawi
performers
Laila Soliman: director
Kanako Abe: conductor
Stacy Hardy: libretto adaptation
Aida ElKashef : video
Ensemble ZAR (recorders, classic accordion, Japanese shō, crumhorn, Slovenian fujara, Armenian duduk, Korean taegum and Arabic ney): ensemble
NN: singers
NN: dancers
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production: LOD muziektheater (Gent)
coproduction: All Arias (Concertgebouw Brugge, deSingel (Antwerpen), Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke & Muziektheater Transparant), Royal Opera House (Londen), Shubbak Festival (Londen), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence & Snape Maltings
Laila Soliman: director
Kanako Abe: conductor
Stacy Hardy: libretto adaptation
Aida ElKashef : video
Ensemble