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CASSANDRA (Foccroulle) Brussels 2023 Katarina Bradić, Jessica Niles, Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Paul Appleby
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Cassandra
- Composer: Foccroulle Bernard
- Libretto: Matthew Jocelyn Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelle, Belgium
- Recorded: September 14, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Katarina Bradić, Jessica Niles, Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Paul Appleby, Joshua Hopkins, Gidon Saks, Sandrine Mairesse
- Conductor: Kazushi Ono
- Orchestra: La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: La Monnaie Chorus
- Chorus Master: Emmanuel Trenque
- Stage Director: Marie-Ève Signeyrole
- Stage Designer: Fabien Teigné
- Costume Designer: Yashi
- Lighting Designer: Philippe Berthomé
Information about the Recording
- Published by: OperaVision
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, frsubs, othersubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Sandra, climatologist, divides her time between research on melting ice and stand -up . Concerned by her recent studies concerning the impact of human activities on the environment, she wishes to raise awareness with humor. There is a worrying skepticism around her, even within her own family. Just as Cassandra announced the fall of Troy without being heard, Sandra predicted the imminent approach of a terrible tragedy without anyone listening…
How do you convince others when they refuse to listen to you? Why do some people ignore the future they have before their eyes? For his first opera, the Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle chose, in collaboration with his librettist Matthew Jocelyn, a very topical theme: ecological activism, confronted with the inertia of society. Thanks to powerfully evocative music, directed by Kazushi Ono, and settings which transport us in turn to a huge library, a beehive or the heart of a glacier, Cassandra opens the 2023-24 season with strength and poetry.
quoted from La Monnaie