William Kentridge & Handspring – «Il ritorno d’Ulisse»

Opéra de chambre avec marionnettes

04.11.2021 19:00,

Grand Auditorium

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William Kentridge mise en scène, création vidéo, scénographie
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot viole de gambe, direction, adaptation musicale
Kristina Hammarström Penelope
Jeffrey Thompson Ulisse, L’Humana fragilità
Jean-François Novelli Telemaco, Pisandro
Antonio Abete Tempo, Antinoo, Nettuno
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt Amore, Minerva
Anna Zander Fortuna, Anfinomo, Melanto
Victor Sordo Eurimaco, Eumete, Giove
Busi Zokufa, Enrico Wey, Gabriel Marchand, Jon Riddleberger, Rachel Leonard marionnettiste
Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones scénographie, marionnettes, costumes (Handspring Puppet Company)
Luc de Wit assistance à la mise en scène pour les reprises
Wesley France lumières
Herman Sorgeloos régie générale
Kim Gunning régie vidéo

Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

With his unique visual idiom, William Kentridge, the featured artist of the «red bridge project», transposes Claudio Monteverdi’s opera from the year 1640, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, into our present time, staging it as a myth in the best sense, i.e. a timeless yet topical work. Here, ancient music meets puppetry. Both evenings (04. and 05.11.) are preceded by an introductory talk. On 12.11. Kentridge also appears as a performer in Luxembourg, presenting a multimedia rendition of Kurt Schwitters’ Dadaist poem Ursonate as it has never been heard before.

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Version de 2016 produite par Quaternaire/Paris
Mise en scène reprise avec le soutien de l’Asia Culture Center-Asian Arts Theatre de Gwangju, du White Light Festival du Lincoln Center de New York et des Musikfestspiele Sanssouci et Nikolaisaal Potsdam