Utopia :: 47 – a very last Passion

If the world is in ruins, what can the music of a 17th century composer do? That is the central question in Utopia :: 47 – a very last Passion, by Flemish composer and saxophonist Eric Sleichim. The opera/performance is a two part Passion, in which the last year of the Thirty Years’ War, 1647, is connected with the last year of a future Thirty Years’ War, 2047. For centuries the beauty of spiritual music, as composed by Heinrich Schütz during the Thirty Years’ War was an ultimate harbinger of a better world. But, would we still be receptive to such an ethical appeal in these ultra-postmodern times? What passion would we profess in 2047?

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music Heinrich Schütz, Eric Sleichim inspired on Günther Grass, John Gray, Yvonne Vera en de Manifesten direction Eric Sleichim scenography Eric Sleichim video Kurt d’Haeseleer electronics Max Bruckert dramaturgy Jan Vandenhouwe, Erwin Jans costumes Isabelle Lhoas lighting design Luc Schaltin rehearsal director Marnix de Cat mezzo soprano Cristina Zavalloni performance Bl!ndman turntables Griet de Geyter, Gunther Vandeven, Andreas Halling, Tiemo Wang soprano Griet de Geyter countertenor Gunther Vandeven tenor Andreas Halling bass baritone Tiemo Wang soprano saxophone Koen Maas alto saxophone Roeland Vanhoorne tenor saxophone Piet Rebel bariton saxophone Raf Minten electric guitar Koen Maas, Roeland Vanhoorne, Piet Rebel, Raf Minten production Bl!ndman, Muziektheater Transparant commissioned by MA-festival, KlaraFestival coproduction Muziektheater Transparant, Bl!ndman, deSingel international arts campus in participation with Concertgebouw Brugge footwear Grame, Concertgebouw Brugge, Kaaitheater thanks to les ballets C de la B, Brecht, Jan, Jonas, Jef, Roeland, Wout

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