FULL INSEIN (Chris Warner) London 2012 Masashi Fujimoto, Maya Sapone

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: INSEIN   
• Composer: Warner Chris   
• Libretto: Eva Daníčková    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: London, UK, Boii Theatre  
• Recorded: August 16 & 17, 2012
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Masashi Fujimoto, Maya Sapone
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Maja Milatović-Ovadia   
• Costume Designer: Thein Than Min (Min)  
• Lighting Designer: Caitlin Abbott  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: tete a tete  
• Date Published: 2012  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  An experimental political opera inspired by the story of Burma and its people. Powerful Spider is weaving a web of fear and intimidation which threatens humanity in its core. Living in fear and lies is so unbearable that to risk everything and break the web is the only alternative. Dedicated to Burma Campaign UK.

  Genesis:

  Boii Theatre, established in 2010, is a collective of international artists from a variety of backgrounds from performance to classical music and opera. Inspired by stories and people around us, we author our own work and fuse a number of different disciplines to create a new aesthetic on stage. Insein was conceived shortly after Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, was released from her house arrest. I was curious about the slight woman who displayed such strength of spirit in her non-violent fight for freedom. Speaking about democracy, she often mentioned the name of another immensely important person, the Czech dissident playwright Václav Havel. The two friends who never met helped change the discourse simply by believing in human dignity and living within the truth. Come and join us on a journey away from fear, a journey of hope and promise.

  Synopsis:

  Set in Burmese jail, Insein is a metaphor for many an oppressive regime which uses fear and intimidation in order to control. Time goes by while Spider, the feared implement of power, is weaving his web of lies and hatred. Every time anyone speaks against Spider, his huge web vibrates to alert him and this makes him very angry. The punishment is fierce. But silence and obedience and living within a lie is something so unbearable that risking a life to break the web is the only alternative.

   

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