music theatre premieres
klarafestival 2022 presents five creations
During Klarafestival 2022, four Belgian productions will premiere, and the award-winning opera performance Sun & Sea will be on scene in Belgium for the first time
11 - 13.03
Actor Josse De Pauw turns 70. He celebrates this with Rhapsody, an ode to thinking and doubt, with thought from, among others, anthropologist Jane Goodall and writer John M. Coetzee, taken from Wim Kayzer's television series Van De Schoonheid en de troost. Frederik Neyrinck composed the music, that will be performed by the Asko | Schönberg ensemble.
17.03
Not all lullabies are as innocent as they seem. In Lalaei, guitar quartet Zwerm and music theatre company WALPURGIS explore the dark edges of songs that soothe children all over the world to sleep.
18.03
Edvard Grieg is not alone in having been inspired by Peer Gynt. The Soviet-German composer Alfred Schnittke composed a monumental ballet, of which both the music and the drama are equally surprising and eclectic. A young artistic team brings a new staging together with the BNO under the direction of Michael Schønwandt.
19 & 20.03
In PASSIO,B'Rock and Muziektheater Transparant approach the theme of suffering from the perspective of Alessandro Scarlatti's rarely performed St John Passion. PASSIO has several firsts: there will be a brand new staging by Luigi de Angelis to emphasise the operatic element in Scarlatti's oratorio, and B'Rock harpsichordist Andreas Küppers will lead the B'Rock Orchestra and brand new Vocal Consort.
25 - 27.03
During the 2019 Venice Biennale, audiences queued for hours to see the opera performance Sun & Sea. The creator collective of this award-winning performance addresses the theme of climate change with a mix of theatre, music and visual arts.
