mmxvii - Muziektheater Transparant

WIM HENDERICKX
Aquarius’ Dream
Revelations
LIESA VAN DER AA
ParadiseHell
M U Z I E K T H E AT E R T R A N S PA R A N T
ANNELIES VAN PARYS
ЗМЕЯ
IVO VAN HOVE
Kings of War
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
Roman Tragedies
Earth diver
Die Zauberflöte
Revelations
NAOMI BEELDENS
La Voix humaine
CLARON MCFADDEN
Secrets
Lilith
Nightshade: Aubergine
WENDE SNIJDERS
Wende
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WOUTER VAN LOOY
M UZ IEK T HE AT ER T R A NSPA R A N T
LUIGI DE ANGELIS
M M X V II
W W W .T R A N S P A R A N T. B E
And you must suffer
RUHE
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
Private View
CONTENTS
A house full of voices
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Artists4
Partners & co-producers
5
NEW PRODUCTIONS
ON TOUR
Earth diver
6
Die Zauberflöte
8
Nightshade: Aubergine
10
Wende
12
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
14
ЗМЕЯ
16
Aquarius’ Dream
18
Revelations
20
La Voix humaine
22
Secrets
23
Lilith
24
Listen to the silence
25
And you must suffer
26
Polar Night
27
Kings of War
28
RUHE 29
Private View
30
Roman Tragedies
31
Le coupeur d’eau
32
TRANSLAB Windischgrätz
42
Abendrot
42
ParadiseHell
43
Medeamaterial
44
Matterhonger45
Matterhorn46
Opera2147
Songbook48
Info
57
Calendar
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A HOUSE FULL
OF VOICES
WIM HENDERICKX
18
Aquarius’ Dream
20Revelations
LIESA VAN DER AA
43
ANNELIES VAN PARYS
26
And you must suffer
29RUHE
14
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
30
Private View
LUIGI DE ANGELIS
16
ЗМЕЯ
IVO VAN HOVE
28
14
31
Kings of War
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
Roman Tragedies
WOUTER VAN LOOY
22
La Voix humaine
25
Listen to the silence
6
Earth diver
8
Die Zauberflöte
20Revelations
NAOMI BEELDENS
22
CLARON MCFADDEN
23Secrets
24Lilith
27
Polar Night
48Songbook
10
Nightshade: Aubergine
18
Aquarius’ Dream
WENDE SNIJDERS 12Wende
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ParadiseHell
La Voix humaine
“Over the past 20 years, Muziektheater Transparent has charted an impressive course in which there has been room for both experimentation and
established values.” This remark was part of the Music-Theatre’s Assessment
Committee’s preliminary advice on our plan for the 2017-2021 period. This
motivates us even more for the future. As our aim is to profile ourselves even
more pronouncedly as a music-theatre company in which the voice plays a
central role, we are inviting artists whose practice centres on vocal work:
Claron McFadden, Naomi Beeldens, Els Mondelaers, Liesa Van der Aa and
Wende Snijders, as well as our in-house composers Wim Henderickx and
Annelies Van Parys. Three powerful directors are taking charge of the majority of our productions: Ivo van Hove, Wouter Van Looy and Luigi De Angelis.
Finally, we will be collaborating closely with a number of leading ensembles:
B’Rock Orchestra, HERMESensemble, Bl!NDMAN and Collegium Vocale Gent.
A new part of our operations is the translab label, with which we offer young
people the opportunity to develop their own projects with our support. Our own
workspace in Borgerhout, Matterhorn, is playing a key role in this. We are looking forward to an exciting trajectory with these artists and expect all this crosspollination to yield some innovative productions. We hope to have the opportunity
to welcome you on a regular basis during the course of the 2016-17 season.
Marking the death of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016),
Muziektheater Transparant’s honorary chairman
When Muziektheater Transparant embarked on a new course in 1994, we
chose to perform a triptych of Peter Maxwell Davies’ compositions, Eights Songs
for a Mad King, Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot and Vesalii Icones. Prior to this, his
work had barely been performed in Belgium. Max, as the composer was known to
everyone, attended our premiere and accepted our request to become our
honorary president. We performed his children’s opera Cinderella, his bizarre
social satire Resurrection and his masterpiece The Lighthouse. The singer Els
Mondelaers was magnificent in The Medium and we presented the world
premiere of Mr Emmet takes a walk, a work that he composed especially for
us. Peter Maxwell Davies created a fascinating kind of music theatre, simple
in terms of its scenic requirements, but socially relevant and with a particular
focus on the possibilities of the human voice. These elements still underpin
our work today and we are therefore dedicating this coming season to him.
On behalf of the whole crew of Muziektheater Transparant
Guy Coolen, General and artistic director
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A HOUSE FOR
ARTISTS
* Wim Henderickx [1962] teaches composition at the conservatoires in Antwerp and
Amsterdam. His work has won awards both
at home and abroad. As Muziektheater Transparant’s in-house composer (since 1996) he
composed The Queen Without a Country (2014)
amongst others. This production won an
MTN award in 2015. – www.wimhenderickx.com
* Liesa Van der Aa [1986] is one of the most
versatile artists of her generation. She has
created some unique border-crossing
musical projects. She composed the music
for Van den vos (2013). Her second album
WOTH (2014) also toured as a music-theatre
performance. – www.liesavanderaa.be
* Annelies Van Parys [1975] studied composition at the Royal Conservatoire in Ghent
and in 2011 was awarded the title of Honorary
Ambassador. As an in-house composer at
Muziektheater Transparant (since 2007) her
work has included the composition of her
first opera Private View (2015), which has
won a number of international prizes.
– www.anneliesvanparys.be * Luigi De Angelis [1974] is a director, set
designer and musician. In 1992, together
with Chiara Lagani, he set up the company
Fanny & Alexander in Ravenna. For Muziektheater Transparant, he directed the youth
opera In bocca al lupo in 2015.
– fannyalexander.e - production.org
* Ivo van Hove [1958] is both artistic director
and stage director at Toneelgroep Amsterdam.
He has garnered many awards for his impressive artistic career. Muziektheater Transparant has entered into a multi-annual collaboration with Toneelgroep Amsterdam for
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performances, including Kings of War (2015)
and The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
(2017). – www.tga.nl
* Wouter Van Looy [1966] is a stage director
at Muziektheater Transparant, is joint
artistic director along with Guy Coolen, and
is responsible for TRANSLAB. In addition,
he is artistic director at Zonzo Compagnie
and the founder of the international youth
music festival BIG BANG. He is highly active
in the international music-theatre circuit
and his productions, such as The Queen
Without a Country (2014), have won
numerous awards.– www.transparant.be
* Naomi Beeldens [1988] has performed in
Muziektheater Transparant’s youth opera
many times and sang in Porcelain (2010).
In 2015, she completed her studies in classical song at the Royal Conservatoire in
Antwerp with the music-theatre project
La Voix humaine. – www.transparant.be
* The soprano Claron McFadden [1961]
studied song at the Eastman School of Music
in New York. She is known for her wideranging repertoire, ranging from baroque to
traditional and contemporary music.
For Muziektheater Transparant she created
Lilith (2013) and Secrets (2015), her first
music-theatre projects as a theatre maker.
– www.claronmcfadden.com
* The Dutch singer-songwriter Wende
Snijders [1978] graduated from the
Amsterdam Theaterschool in 2004.
Her debut album Quand tu dors (2004) won
many awards. Since Wende sings Winterreise
(2015), she has also worked on joint projects
in the classical circuit. – www.wende.nu
ARTISTS
IN COLLABORATION
WITH
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
Asko|Schönberg
Aventura Musica
Cappella Amsterdam
BL!NDMAN
ChorWerk Ruhr
B’Rock Orchestra
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Collegium Vocale Gent
Fanny & Alexander
Concertgebouw Brugge
Holland Festival
deFilharmonie
Jheronimus Bosch 500
De Munt/La Monnaie
Korzo Producties
de Roovers
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
deSingel
Luzerner Theater
Escautville
Nationale Opera Amsterdam
HERMESensemble
National Opera Bergen
JazzLab Series
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Kaaitheater
Opera Days Rotterdam
Klarafestival
Ruhrtriennale
Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Studio Minailo
Kunsthuis Vlaanderen
Theaterfestival Boulevard
kunstZ
Théâtre National de Chaillot
lab.oratorium
The Barbican
Laika
Toneelgroep Amsterdam
MAfestival
Wiener Festwochen
Post uit Hessdalen
Wroclaw National Forum of Music
Wintervuur
Zeeland Nazomerfestival
Zonzo Compagnie
33 ¹/³ Collective
PARTNERS & CO-PRODUCERS
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EARTH DIVER
The driving force behind Earth diver was the discourse
of two controversial philosophers who have a wholehearted aversion to the way the global crisis is being
handled: Peter Sloterdijk and Slavoj Žižek. While the
former urges us not to wait for a God who will not
come and to change our lives ourselves, the latter sees
a connection between the stages of a grieving process
and our handling of the crisis: from denial to anger
to acceptance. The director Wouter Van Looy puts a
chorus on stage that sings the work of Heinrich Schütz
(1585-1672): religious music that offered comfort and
immortality at times when plague and war were
devastating Germany. The composer Nikolaus Brass
and the vocal artist Phil Minton offer a counterpoint
to this and evoke a world the way it was, the way it
is, and the way it perhaps will be. The audience seeks
out a place in the space, where the video artist Wim
Catrysse flanks Schütz’s musical world with images
from Barentsburg, an isolated Russian outpost where
coal is mined to the present day. The mining activity there is no longer profitable and God has been
dissolved in a ‘world of markets and battle’. Nevertheless, people keep on digging there in a state of denial:
deeper and deeper, and on the brink of exhaustion.
21 > 24.09.2016
ESSEN
Ruhrtriennale
www.ruhrtriennale.de
During the 2017-18 season, Earth diver
will be going on tour in Flanders.
We are organising a visit on
24 September 2016 for anyone
who would like to see Earth diver
at the Ruhrtriennale.
For more information, go to
www.transparant.be/en/visit.
Composers Heinrich Schütz / Nikolaus Brass Musical director Florian Helgath
Conceived and directed by Wouter Van Looy Video Wim Catrysse
Soundscapes David Van Bouwel Costume design Johanna Trudzinski
Performer and vocalist Phil Minton Chorus ChorWerk Ruhr Ensemble B’Rock Orchestra
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant and ChorWerk Ruhr for the Ruhrtriennale and co - produced by
Klarafestival, Opera Days Rotterdam, MAfestival, B’Rock Orchestra and Escautville.
With the support of the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF).
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NEW PRODUCTION
“The only
catastrophe that
will convince
everyone will be
the catastrophe
that no one
survives.”
Peter Sloterdijk
NEW PRODUCTION
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DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
The arias and fairy-tale figures in Die Zauberflöte are
part of our collective memory, but beyond its lighthearted, folksy nature, there are also a series of enigmatic, underlying layers to this opera by Mozart (17561791). Despite numerous interpretations, this masterpiece has remained extremely popular, and it challenges directors time and time again. In his version for the
Luzerner Theater opera house in Switzerland, Wouter
Van Looy focuses on two elements of this fairy-tale
opera that give it an overwhelmingly contemporary
relevance. On the one hand, Die Zauberflöte explores
in depth a clash between two social models, in which
a spiritual movement is faced with a decadent regime
personified by the ‘Queen of the Night’. Power is put
in the hands of Sarastro, a leader who legitimises his
absolute power and violent actions by means of spiritual values. On the other hand, Die Zauberflöte also
reads as the initiation ceremony of a boy who is chosen,
converts and treads in Sarastro’s footsteps. Following
on from The Queen Without a Country, which won an
MTN Award, Wouter Van Looy is once again working
with Freija Van Esbroeck, Johanna Trudzinski and the
video artist Kurt d’Haeseleer.
17 / 19 / 23 / 26 / 29.12.2016
02 / 04 / 06 / 08 / 12 / 21.01.2017
03 / 08 / 22.02.2017
05.03.2017
LUCERNE
www.luzernertheater.ch
Die Zauberflöte is the first production
in a series of joint projects with
the Lucerne opera house.
For the time being, Die Zauberflöte
is only being performed in Lucerne.
We will be organising a visit during
the weekend of 17 December 2016.
For more information, go to
www.transparant.be/en/visit.
Composer Mozart Librettist Emanuel Schikaneder Musical director Clemens Heil
Director Wouter Van Looy Set design Freija Van Esbroeck and Wouter Van Looy
Video Kurt d’Haeseleer Costume design Johanna Trudzinski Sarastro Alessio Cacciamani
Tamino Denzil Delaere Queen of the Night Diana Schnürpel Pamina Magdalena Risberg
First Lady Rebecca Krynski Second Lady Karin Torbijörnsdóttir Third Lady Sarah
Alexandra Hudarew Papageno Bernt Ola Volungholen Papagena Maja Bader
Monostatos Robert Maszl Speaker and Second Armed Man Jason Cox
Chorus Chor des Luzerner Theater Music performed by Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Produced by Luzerner Theater, co - produced by Muziektheater Transparant.
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NEW PRODUCTION
Mozart’s
fairy-tale
reckoning with
ancient times
NEW PRODUCTION
9
NIGHTSHADE:
AUBERGINE
In Nightshade: Aubergine, Claron McFadden goes in
search of the common roots of our various cultures by
focusing on one of the most iconoclastic ingredients
on the culinary scene: the aubergine. Despite the huge
migration that it has experienced, this age-old fruit
from the nightshade family has always managed to
adapt without losing its striking identity. Documentary maker Lisa Tahon and McFadden have followed
this route back to its origins: from the West via the
Mediterranean countries to the Far East. During her
journey, she stays as a guest in local people’s homes in
various different regions. At each stop, she is taught
a traditional dish and song, and she takes the recipes
and melodies with her. Together with her ideal group
of musical colleagues, drawn from a wide range of
‘nightshade cultures’ – Roma, Belgian, Iraqi, Greek
and Afro-Anatolian – she is contributing a new chapter to the tradition of migration. Nightshade: Aubergine shows how mutual cross-pollination can strengthen our common identity, and allows the audience
to experience the rich tradition of aubergine-based
cuisine, in combination with live music and a travel
documentary.
20.02.2017
BRUGES
www.concertgebouw.be
31.03 & 01 / 02.04.2017
AMSTERDAM
www.ostadeadam.nl
29.04.2017
ANTWERP
Festival Opera21
www.desingel.be
13 / 14.05.2017
ROTTERDAM
Opera Days Rotterdam
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
With Nightshade: Aubergine,
Concertgebouw Brugge will be
celebrating its fifteenth anniversary on 20 February 2017.
Concept and vocals Claron McFadden Video Lisa Tahon Directing advice and
coaching Sjaron Minailo Accordion Tuur Florizoone Violin and guitar Tcha Limberger
Qanun and oud Osama Abdulrasol Bass and bouzouki Michel Hatzigeorgiou
Percussion Shahin During Dramaturge Tobias Kokkelmans
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, co - produced by Concertgebouw Brugge
and Opera Days Rotterdam. In collaboration with Studio Minailo.
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NEW PRODUCTION
“I believe that there
are two things that
all cultures possess
and that link us at
a primary level:
food and music.”
Claron McFadden
NEW PRODUCTION
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WENDE
Over the coming years, Wende Snijders and Muziektheater Transparant will be collaborating intensively. In recent years, Wende has developed into one
of the Netherlands’ most versatile and controversial artists and performers. Whether it’s pop, electro, classical or contemporary music, or even a film,
she always succeeds in moving her audience deeply.
Wende’s passion for telling stories in her own voice,
cutting through all possible genres, is the common
thread that runs through everything that she does.
Whether performed in a theatre or a club, Wende’s
productions are bursting with expression. In her new
performance, Wende, ‘Storytelling to Music’ as she
herself describes it, once again plays a central role.
She has asked renowned writers and musicians from
both home and abroad, including Dimitri Verhulst
and Tom Lanoye, to write new stories and songs with
her. With them, she will be reflecting on herself, the
future, the language and the world in which she lives.
The result is certain to be an intimate, surprising and
occasionally confronting journey.
“In the theatre,
everything falls into
place with Wende.”
NRC, 2014
Concept, composition and vocals Wende Snijders
Authors Dimitri Verhulst, Tom Lanoye and others
Produced by WENDE, co - produced by Muziektheater Transparant.
In collaboration with Behoud de Begeerte.
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NEW PRODUCTION
10.02.2017 (try-out)
DORDRECHT
www.energiehuis.nl
10.03.2017
GRONINGEN
www.de-oosterpoort.nl
08.04.2017
ENSCHEDE
www.wilminktheater.nl
16.02.2017 (try-out)
NIJVERDAL
www.zinintheater.nl
12.03.2017
LEYDEN
www.stadspodia.nl
11.04.2017
ROTTERDAM
www.luxortheater.nl
17.02.2017 (try-out)
MIDDELBURG
www.zeelandtheaters.nl
16 / 17.03.2017
THE HAGUE
www.paard.nl
13.04.2017
DELFT
www.theaterdeveste.nl
18.02.2017 (try-out)
BERGEN OP ZOOM
www.gebouw-t.nl
18.03.2017
OSS
www.lievekamp.nl
14.04.2017
UTRECHT
www.stadsschouwburg-utrecht.nl
22.02.2017 (try-out)
DOETINCHEM
www.amphion.nl
22.03.2017
ALKMAAR
www.theaterdevest.nl
15.04.2017
HAARLEM
www.theater-haarlem.nl
23.02.2017 (try-out)
LELYSTAD
www.agora-lelystad.nl
23.03.2017
LEEUWARDEN
www.harmonie.nl
21.04.2017
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH
www.verkadefabriek.nl
24.02.2017 (try-out)
MEPPEL
www.schouwburgogterop.nl
25.03.2017
DRACHTEN
www.lawei.nl
22.04.2017
ARNHEM
www.arnhemsepodia.nl
26.02.2017 (try-out)
KAMPEN
www.stadsgehoorzaalkampen.nl
29.03.2017
BREDA
www.chasse.nl
25.04.2017
LOUVAIN
www.30cc.be
28.02.2017 (try-out)
HOOFDDORP
www.demeerse.com
30.03.2017
ZWOLLE
www.zwolsetheaters.nl
29.04.2017
GOUDA
www.goudseschouwburg.nl
02.03.2017 (première)
AMSTERDAM
www.paradiso.nl
31.03.2017
EINDHOVEN
www.parktheater.nl
30.04.2017
AMSTERDAM
www.paradiso.nl
03.03.2017
VEENENDAAL
www.lampegiet.nl
01.04.2017
MAASTRICHT
www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl
22.05.2017
ANTWERP
Antwerpse Kleppers
www.toneelhuis.be
09.03.2017
HOORN
www.hetpark.nl
07.04.2017
APELDOORN
www.orpheus.nl
NEW PRODUCTION
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THE DIARY OF THE ONE
WHO DISAPPEARED
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared can best be
described as an intimate self-portrait. In this melancholy tale of the village boy Janik, who leaves everything behind to follow a gypsy girl, Leoš Janáček (18541928) saw his feelings for his muse Kamila Stösslová
mirrored. Will Janik’s longing for passion free him
from a stifling environment? Or will he throw away
his whole existence for an illusion? Written in the
period in which his relationship with the much younger Kamila was creating a furore, Janáček’s poetry
becomes a mix of cruelty and tenderness. His passion
for his new love, and the poetry of the folk language,
piano and voice, inspired him to create a song cycle
in 22 scenes. The unique nature of the score lies in its
minimalistic nature: there is no dramatic treatment,
mise-en-scène or orchestra. Ivo van Hove directs the
leading singers Ed Lyon and Silvia de La Muela. Taking
her fascination with the voice as her starting point,
Annelies Van Parys is composing a new piece as an
answer to this gripping tale about detachment.
11 / 12.03.2017
BRUSSELS
Klarafestival
www.kaaitheater.be
22.04.2017
ANTWERP
Festival Opera21
www.operaballet.be
05 > 09.05.2017
LONDON
www.roh.org.uk
12 / 13.05.2017
ROTTERDAM
Opera Days Rotterdam
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
21.05.2017
AMSTERDAM
www.muziekgebouw.nl
Composers Leoš Janácek / Annelies Van Parys Director Ivo van Hove
Set design Jan Versweyveld Costume design An D’Huys Tenor Ed Lyon / Paul O’Neill [22.04]
Mezzo - soprano Silvia de La Muela Actor Hugo Koolschijn Pianist Lada Valesova
Chorus Members of De Munt’s Choral Academy Dramaturge Krystian Lada
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, co - produced by Klarafestival, De Munt/La Monnaie,
Kaaitheater, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Opera Days Rotterdam.
14
NEW PRODUCTION
“No one
can escape
his destiny.”
Leoš Janáček, The Diary of the One Who Disappeared.
NEW PRODUCTION
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THE RIOT OF SEDUCTION
Together with the adventurous musicians from the
Berlin-based Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and
the young singers from translab, the Italian theatre maker Luigi De Angelis stages an evocation of
the musical world of Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929),
the founder of Les Ballets Russes. ЗМЕЯ (snake) is
a performance about ‘the brilliant general of art’,
who in his productions linked artists from various
disciplines. As a flamboyant charlatan, he had all the
components of the ideal patron, except money. Yet
he succeeded in seducing the audience and creating
a revolutionary aesthetic for music and dance. With
the ambiguity of a snake, he injected a new hedonistic
and aesthetic sensitivity into the audience’s consciousness. Whirling like a musical vortex, the new production ЗМЕЯ will spread through the concert hall and
beyond. The audience will be carried away by a capricious and provocative spectacle, which begins as an
installation but is gradually transformed into a performance that takes in the whole space – which is exactly
the way Diaghilev would have wanted it.
17.03.17
BRUGES
Klarafestival
www.concertgebouw.be
19.03.17
ANTWERP
Klarafestival
www.desingel.be
Composers Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky and others
Concept Luigi De Angelis and Michael Rauter Musical director Michael Rauter
Director, lighting and set design Luigi De Angelis
Musical and scenic performance Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
With the TRANSLAB singers.
Produced by Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and Fanny & Alexander, co - produced by
Muziektheater Transparant / TRANSLAB, Klarafestival, Concertgebouw Brugge and deSingel.
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NEW PRODUCTION
An ode to
the visionary
innovator
Diaghilev
NEW PRODUCTION
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AQUARIUS’ DREAM
Aquarius’ Dream is about the great, the elusive and the
supernatural. The title alludes to hope and to man’s
focus on the future. This sweeping symphony is inspired by the celestial bodies and also alludes to the
human relationship with the divine, the cosmos and
beyond. Aquarius’ Dream consists of three large sections, in between each of which is an interlude inspired
by a dream. The title of this work is also the title of the
third and final part. The soprano Claron McFadden will
be giving a solo performance alongside deFilharmonie
symphony orchestra. Jorrit Tamminga’s electronics act
as both a complement and a counterpart to the orchestra. With his second symphony, just as in his Symphony
N°1, Wim Henderickx tries to reconcile the vast symphonic form of the past with a contemporary interpretation of it. Thanks to the staging, the spatial arrangement of the orchestra and the electronics, the audience will be immersed in a broad-based sensory experience of sound, time and space. Wim Henderickx
was commissioned to compose Aquarius’ Dream by
deFilharmonie, where he is artist in residence.
18.03.2017
ANTWERP
www.elisabethcenter.be
Composer Wim Henderickx Musical director Thierry Fischer
Electronics Jorrit Tamminga Vocals Claron McFadden Music performed by deFilharmonie
Produced by deFilharmonie and Muziektheater Transparant.
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NEW PRODUCTION
The first world
premiere for
deFilharmonie in
the renovated
Elizabeth Hall
NEW PRODUCTION
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REVELATIONS
Revelations is a multimedia project based on the striking visions of the 13th-century poetess and mystic
Hadewijch d’Anvers (s.d. – 1248). Hers are among the
most astonishing writings in the history of our literature. In her Visions, in the tradition of mediaeval
Christian mysticism, she describes an ecstatic loving
relationship with the divine Other; the key word is
passion. In a setting in which an individual is placed
opposite a chorus, Revelations seeks out the power of
visionary experiences and ecstasy in our contemporary context. The composer Wim Henderickx is writing a new work without words in which we hear the
inspiration taken from mediaeval and Renaissance
music for female voices. The HERMESensemble
and Jorrit Tamminga’s electronic music are given an
important role in the score. Following Void and The
Queen Without a Country, Henderickx is once again
collaborating with the director Wouter Van Looy, who
for Revelations is creating an immaterial installation
using light and smoke in which the images made by
the video artist Kurt d’Haeseleer make reference to
Hadewijch’s mysticism.
21 / 23.04.2017
ANTWERP
Festival Opera21
www.desingel.be
25.04.2017
MALINES
Festival van Vlaanderen Mechelen
www.mechelenhoortstemmen.be
20.05.2017
ROTTERDAM
Opera Days Rotterdam
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
“Ende dat aescijn
dat hi doe hadde
ghesienlect, dat was
ontsienlec ende
onverdrachlec te
gherijnne in siene.”
Hadewijch d’Anvers, Visions.
Composer and musical director Wim Henderickx Authors Hadewijch d’Anvers /
Erwin Mortier Director Wouter Van Looy Video Kurt d’Haeseleer
Costume design Johanna Trudzinski Lighting design Peter Quasters
Electronics Jorrit Tamminga Soprano Lore Binon Chorus Cappella Amsterdam
Ensemble HERMESensemble Dramaturge Veerle Fraeters
“And the countenance he presented
was invisible and unendurable
to glance at with the eyes.”
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, co - produced by deSingel, Opera Days Rotterdam,
HERMESensemble and Cappella Amsterdam.
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NEW PRODUCTION
NEW PRODUCTION
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LA VOIX HUMAINE
The soprano Naomi Beeldens is presenting her own
interpretation of La Voix humaine by the French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) on the basis of a
written work by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). In this
monologue in the form of a telephone conversation, a
woman makes a final attempt to win back her beloved.
She creates a web of words – fearful, yearning, hysterical – as a safety net in her struggle for survival in the
looming void. The gradual realisation that her lover
has made an irrevocable choice for someone else drives
her to despair, until the connection is literally broken
off. The stage is designed as a mind-map in which the
props and chalked lines are the only remaining tangible evidence of a lost relationship. In an obscure, filmlike space, the woman seems to be staging her own
death and in an endless repetition tries obsessively
to keep her love alive. In the background, a female
dancer represents the absent lover. The pianist and
composer Jeroen Malaise assists Naomi in her interpretation and performance of Poulenc’s unique score,
and the director Wouter Van Looy coaches her in her
distracted monologue.
28.05.2016
ROTTERDAM
Opera Days Rotterdam
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant in association
with Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen.
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ON TOUR
05.08.2016
LONDON
www.tete-a-tete.org.uk
12.01.2017
ANTWERP
www.zuidpool.be
28 / 29.09.2016
TBILISI
Tbilisi International Festival
www.tbilisiinternational.com
14.01.2017
BRUSSELS
www.riverjazz.be
06.05.2017
LIER
www.lierscultuurcentrum.be
15.01.2017
TERNEUZEN
www.porgyenbess.nl
Composer Francis Poulenc Author Jean Cocteau Director and set design Wouter
Van Looy Lighting design Peter Quasters Costumes Lotte Stek Soprano Naomi Beeldens
Piano Jeroen Malaise Dancer Sheila Rojas / Cristina Henríquez Laurent
SECRETS
04.06.2016
HEERENVEEN
Oranjewoud Festival
www.oranjewoudfestival.nl
17.01.2017
CHERBOURG
www.trident-scenenationale.com
19.01.2017
ENSCHEDE
www.wilminktheater.nl
As a source of inspiration for their intimist musical
production Secrets, the soprano Claron McFadden
and the Massot-Florizoone-Horbaczewski jazz trio
chose… secrets. They gathered anonymous stories
from the general public and took inspiration from the
widely-varying character of the more than a hundred
tales that were sent in. The result is a musical and
visual mosaic in which Claron McFadden, singing,
whispering and laughing, merges sorrowful, mischievous and cynical passages into one another. Each individual secret has a universal dimension. Secrets shows
in a poetic manner that these hidden thoughts link us
all together. Claron McFadden and the trio give each
secret its own rhythm and musicality: melancholy,
restrained, heart-rending or playful. This trio has for
years been exploring the boundaries between chamber music, jazz and melancholically-tinged tapestries
of sound, eschewing neither experiment nor improvisation. In their collaboration with Claron McFadden,
their delight in playing creates sparks on stage.
20.01.2017
HASSELT
www.ccha.be
26.01.2017
NANTERRE
www.nanterre.fr
30.03.2017
MOUSCRON
www.centrecultureldemouscron.be
21.01.2017
TILBURG
www.theaterstilburg.nl
28.01.2017
LEYDEN
www.hothousejazz.nl
12 > 14.04.2017
LYON
www.croix-rousse.com
Composers Tuur Florizoone, Michel Massot and Marine Horbaczewski
Concept and vocals Claron McFadden Set and lighting design Peter Quasters
Chromatic accordion Tuur Florizoone Tuba and trombone Michel Massot
Cello Marine Horbaczewski Dramaturge Tobias Kokkelmans
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, JazzLab Series and Aventura Musica,
co - produced by Opera Days Rotterdam.
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LILITH
LISTEN TO
THE SILENCE
Claron McFadden’s first music-theatre project as a
theatre-maker tells the tragic tale of Lilith, Adam’s first
wife, created simultaneously with him and on an equal
footing. When she refuses to subject herself to him,
he rejects her. Having been humiliated by Adam and
abandoned by God, Lilith leaves Paradise and wanders
endlessly in search of love, taking a countless number
of lovers but never able to forget Adam entirely.
By combining various media and musical styles,
McFadden builds up a dramatic tension in which she,
as the licentious Lilith, confronts Adam, who addresses
her from a projection screen. The account of their
failed relationship is larded with memories of their
most intimate moments. Words of love become words
of regret, and desires they have never come to terms
with end in accusations. Accompanied by the composer and pianist Dimitar Bodurov, Claron McFadden
impressively portrays this solitary woman who is both
vulnerable and assertive in her conviction. The sudden
death of Claron’s opposite number, Jeroen Willems, in
December 2012, just a few months after the premiere,
made Lilith a particularly moving document.
10.08.2016
VARNA
Radar Festival
dimitarbodurov.wix.com/radar- festival -2016
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“Lilith should have been
in the Bible.”
Claron McFadden,
Concept, vocals and performer Claron McFadden Composer, pianist and
performer Dimitar Bodurov Librettist Carola Luther Video Frans Weisz Set and lighting
design Tom Schenk Costumes Zoe Monti Actor and singer in video Jeroen Willems
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, Holland Festival and Opera Days Rotterdam,
co - produced by Concertgebouw Brugge, Klarafestival and Korzo Producties.
ON TOUR
> 27.11.2016
MANNHEIM
Festival Happy New Ears
www.nationaltheater- mannheim.de
Theatermaker 2012
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24.08.2016
GRONINGEN
Noorderzon
www.noorderzon.nl
Listen to the silence is an interactive performance for
children – and adults – that immerses you in the intriguing musical world of John Cage (1912-1992). This
American philosopher-composer thoroughly overturned the conventions of musical history with his
poetry of freedom, chance and silence. In his view,
everything we do is music. On the basis of his philosophy, Listen to the Silence builds up a playful, imaginary world inhabited by ungovernable objects such
as mixers, music boxes, quacking ducks and rustling
plastic bags. Aided by projected images, the pianist
Jeroen Malaise and actor Tjyying Liu guide the audience on a voyage of discovery in an unpredictable
forest full of sounds, to the point where a merry musical
chaos unfolds. On the way, you discover that silence
is full of sounds and that your surroundings become
magical when you learn to listen to everyday sounds.
Or, like John Cage, you seek out sounds you have never
previously heard and like a real inventor compose
your own musical landscape.
“Fragile and adventurous.”
De Standaard, 2011 Composer John Cage Director and set design Wouter Van Looy
Director and video Letizia Renzini Performer Tjyying Liu Piano Jeroen Malaise
Produced by Zonzo Compagnie, co - produced by Muziektheater Transparant,
BigBang Festival, De Werf, Rataplan and Acht Brücken – Musik für Köln.
ON TOUR
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AND YOU
MUST SUFFER
Because of its supposed anti-Semitic nature, Bach’s
St. John Passion is the most controversial of his Passions.
The libretto combines the Bible story of the Passion
with poetry, while in the music narrative recitatives
alternate with choruses. The result is intense and dramatic. In And you must suffer, the director Pierre Audi
brings Bach’s themes up to date. He sets his reflections
on suffering and compassion against a background
of the fanaticism and moral and democratic deficit
of our times. The initial inspiration for his sober stage
design was Viae Crucis, in which the artist Wim Delvoye
sees through everything using X-rays and thoroughly
undermines religious truth. The Palestinian-Israeli
composer Samir Odeh-Tamimi moulds the fiery words
of The Arab Apocalypse by the Lebanese poetess Etel
Adnan into a musical form in which Arabic influences
are subtly absorbed into contemporary sounds. Our
resident composer Annelies Van Parys has written
a short prologue and epilogue in which noise and
silence represent the immeasurability of love and
loss. An all-embracing work of art with the meditative intensity of sublime verses.
11.09.2016
WROCLAW
Festival Wratislavia Cantans
www.nfm.wroclaw.pl
03.11.2016
ANTWERP
www.villanella.be
03.02.2017
KORTRIJK
www.schouwburgkortrijk.be
20.05.2017
ROTTERDAM
Opera Days Rotterdam
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
“Theatre
as a ritual”
De Volkskrant, 2016
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant and B’Rock Orchestra, co - produced by Klarafestival,
Kaaitheater, De Munt/La Monnaie, Wroclaw National Forum of Music and the Polish Institute.
With a composition commissioned from Samir Odeh -Tamimi by Klarafestival / Flanders Festival
Brussels and from Annelies Van Parys by Muziektheater Transparant.
ON TOUR
29.10.2016
HASSSELT
Festival Nordic night
www.ccha.be
28 / 29.03.2017
AMSTERDAM
Festival Opera Forward
www.muziekgebouw.nl
Composers J.S. Bach / Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Annelies Van Parys
Musical director Andreas Spering Director (mise - en - espace) Pierre Audi
Visuals Wim Delvoye Set and costume design Roel Van Berckelaer
Video Mirjam Devriendt and Vincent Dunoyer Lighting design Peter Quasters
Evangelist Jakob Pilgram Christ Dominik Köninger Soprano Grace Davidson
Alto Benno Schachtner Tenor Magnus Staveland Bass Tomáš Král
Chorus NFM Choir Ensemble B’Rock Orchestra
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POLAR NIGHT
On Sørøya, a remote Norwegian island far beyond
the Arctic Circle, the polar night of the winter eliminates the distinction between day and night and
sudden snow-storms make it impossible to go outside.
Five artists from the collective Post uit Hessdalen – a
photographer, a video film-maker, a theatre-maker,
a musician and a lighting designer – retreated there
for several weeks to examine our experience of time
and our desire for tranquillity and stillness, far from
our hectic world. In the audiovisual production Polar
Night, they reconstruct what it means to liberate yourself entirely from time, without daylight, clock or any
familiar frame of reference, and what happens to your
mind when the loss of day and night deprives you of a
solid foothold, all on the basis of extracts from diaries
and their own films and photos. Polar Night is also a
musical voyage: the voice of the versatile soprano
Claron McFadden contributes a many-layered soundtrack packed with sound experiments. In the darkness,
guided by the narrator’s voice, the images of nature
and shimmering soundscapes lead the audience on a
trip into timelessness.
“A plunge into
a night without end.”
De Standaard, 2015
Concept and creation Stijn Grupping, Liesbet Grupping, Frederik Meulyzer, Ine Van Baelen,
Lucas Van Haesbroeck Singer in video Claron McFadden Voice - off Geert Van Rampelberg
Produced by Post uit Hessdalen, co - produced by Muziektheater Transparant and Wintervuur.
ON TOUR
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KINGS OF WAR
It is the view of the director Ivo van Hove that the way
the notion of leadership is shaped is one of the major
challenges of the decades to come. In Kings of War, he
combines three of Shakespeare’s history plays – Henry V,
Henry VI and Richard III – to form an explosive compilation on the theme of power and responsibility. On
the basis of the successive kings, Henry V, an ambitious
soldier, Henry VI, a cry-baby with no backbone, and
Richard III, a power-drunk intriguer, van Hove outlines the way power is linked to the character of the
ruler and to the purpose for which it is employed. The
intrigues between the kings and their retinues of counsellors and relatives are played out in an underground
bunker and a labyrinth behind the stage that is made
visible to the audience on video screens. The political
games of manipulation, conspiracy and murder also
reverberate in the dramatic score composed by Eric
Sleichim. After an international tour and a series of
performances in Paris, this successful production will
once again be touring in the 2016-17 season.
03 > 06.11.2016
NEW YORK
www.bam.org
13 > 15.04.2017
18 / 19.04.2017
21 / 22.04.2017
25 / 26.04.2017
28 / 29.04.2017
AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
“An exceptional
theatre marathon.” Johan Thielemans, Cobra, 2015
Composer Eric Sleichim Author William Shakespeare Director Ivo van Hove
Set and lighting design Jan Versweyveld Video Tal Yarden Costume design An D’Huys
Actors Alwin Pulinckx, Aus Greidanus jr., Bart Slegers, Chris Nietvelt, Eelco Smits, Fred
Goessens, Hans Kesting, Hélène Devos, Hugo Koolschijn, Janni Goslinga, Kitty Courbois,
Ramsey Nasr, Robert de Hoog, Harm Duco Schut
Singer Steve Dugardin Ensemble BL!NDMAN [brass] Dramaturge Peter Van Kraaij
Produced by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, co-produced by Muziektheater Transparant, BL!NDMAN,
Holland Festival, The Barbican, Théâtre National de Chaillot and Wiener Festwochen.
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RUHE
23.02.2017
BERLIN
www.radialsystem.de
25.02.2017
GHENT
www.debijloke.be
RUHE premiered during the Kunstenfestivaldesarts
in 2007. It then toured the world and now we are reviving it for the tenth anniversary of the premiere. RUHE
is based on the notorious SS, a book of interviews
published by the Dutch artists Armando and Hans
Sleutelaar in the 1960s, in which Dutch men and women
anonymously tell of their voluntary entry into the SS.
In an intimate setting, two actors sitting amongst the
audience give shape to the human element in their
discourse, which makes these accounts even more confusing and confrontational. A male chorus comprising
members of Collegium Vocale Gent performs consoling music by Schubert in the form of harmonious partsongs. The melancholy yearning for tranquillity in the
music contrasts sharply with the painful reality:
beauty and horror are not necessarily mutually exclusive. An epilogue by Annelies Van Parys, which deconstructs Schubert’s Ruhe, schönstes Glück der Erde
to form a dissonant lament, and a silent but gruesome
video by David Claerbout, both refer to a seemingly
buried past that is still compellingly topical.
“RUHE spreads disquiet and
provides consolation.” De Standaard, 2007
Composers Franz Schubert / Annelies Van Parys Authors Armando and Hans Sleutelaar
Text adapted by Tom Jansen and Josse De Pauw Conceived and directed by Josse De
Pauw Set design Herman Sorgeloos Visuals David Claerbout Actors Dirk Roofthooft and
Carly Wijs Ensemble Collegium Vocale Gent
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant,
co-produced by Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Zeeland Nazomerfestival.
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PRIVATE VIEW
For her first opera, Annelies Van Parys chose to take
as her starting point Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Rear
Window, about a murder in a block of flats. Her collaboration with the librettist Jen Hadfield, scenarist Gaea
Schoeters and director Tom Creed led to the creation of
a pioneering opera that won several awards. Private
View breaks with tradition, above all in the video installation by the Collective 33⅓, a visual trip based
on found footage from old black & white films: it is
not the singers who drive the ambiguous storyline
forward as autonomous protagonists, but the video
projections. Van Parys’ rich score, written for an original ensemble including percussion, accordion and
electric guitar, is packed with surprising turns and
subtle passages. The video images, singers and music
together create an atmosphere of paranoia and alienation in which tension and humour merge, while also
playing with the spectator’s perceptions. Private View
turns its gaze to our major cities, where thousands
of us ‘live together’ on isolated islands, our neighbours remain strangers and fleeting glances into other
people’s living rooms soon lead to prejudice.
11 / 12.03.2017
BERGEN
Borealis Festival
www.borealisfestival.no
“Thrilling game
of expectations.”
Volkskrant, 2015
Composer Annelies Van Parys Librettist Jen Hadfield Scenarist Gaea Schoeters
Musical director Etienne Siebens Director Tom Creed
Video and set concept Collective 33 ¹/³ Ensemble Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, co - produced by Opera Days Rotterdam, Asko|Schönberg,
Concertgebouw Brugge, National Opera Bergen, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Deutsche
Oper Berlin, 33 ¹/³ Collective. With a composition commissioned from Annelies Van Parys by
Muziektheater Transparant and Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen. With a libretto commissioned from
Jen Hadfield by National Opera Bergen. FEDORA – Rolf Liebermann Prize for Opera 2014.
SABAM Award 2015. MTN Award 2015.
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ROMAN TRAGEDIES
17
> 19.03.2017
LONDON
www.barbican.org.uk
When it was first performed in 2007, Roman Tragedies
made a huge impression. The director Ivo van Hove
presented three ‘political’ plays by Shakespeare – Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony & Cleopatra – together
in a six-hour performance on the subject of our visual
culture, our contemporary political order and the
mechanisms that underlie them. The rise and fall of
a politician is shown three times. The performance is
conceived as a television show in which the audience
sits in the middle of the political arena, and is able to
move around and follow events in Rome live on stage
or on screens inside and outside the auditorium. In the
orchestra pit, two members of BL!NDMAN represent
the threat of war with their ominous percussion. The
manipulation, murder and war taking place in Rome
are regularly interrupted by advertisements and newsflashes of current events. What is real? What is fake?
On the political stage, everything is simply a sham.
“A masterly tour de force
by Ivo van Hove.”Het Parool, 2007
Composer Eric Sleichim Author William Shakespeare Director Ivo van Hove
Set design Jan Versweyveld Video Tal Yarden Costume design Lies van Assche
Music performed by BL!NDMAN Actors Alwin Pulinckx, Bart Slegers, Chris Nietvelt,
Eelco Smits, Fred Goessens, Frieda Pittoors, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Hans Kesting,
Hélène Devos, Hugo Koolschijn, Janni Goslinga, Marieke Heebink, Maria Kraakman
Dramaturges Alexander Schreuder, Bart Van den Eynde and Jan Peter Gerrits
Produced by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, co - produced by Muziektheater Transparant,
Holland Festival, BL!NDMAN, Kaaitheater and De Munt/La Monnaie.
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LE COUPEUR D’EAU
Le coupeur d'eau is based on Marguerite Duras’ short
story of the same name, in which she zooms in on a
tragic but minor incident: the collective suicide of a
family following a visit from a water company official
to cut off their water supply. In just a few pages, the
author meticulously outlines the heat of the summer,
the family’s poverty, and the indifference of the village
community and the company official, who abandon a
woman and her young children without the slightest
compassion. The actor Dirk Roofthooft became fascinated by the tale and sought out the story behind the
facts. Who was the man who turned off the water?
Was he aware of the consequences of his action? In
this compelling monologue, Roofthooft gives the man
a voice. He is a broken man looking back and trying
to clear his conscience. Together with the saxophonist
Piet Rebel, the musician and sound designer Diederik
De Cock on drums and guitar provides an explosive
sound setting. Raw tones alternate with subtle soundscapes, translating the feelings of emptiness, rage and
shame into sound.
23.03.2017
HERENTALS
www.schaliken.be
22.04.2017
BRUSSELS
www.flagey.be
“The first few seconds set the adrenaline
flowing through your body.” De Morgen, 2013
Composer Diederik De Cock in association with Piet Rebel Authors Marguerite Duras /
Dirk Roofthooft Conceived and directed by Dirk Roofthooft and Diederik De Cock
Actor, lyricist and video Dirk Roofthooft Sound design Diederik De Cock
Guitar and drums Diederik De Cock Saxophone Piet Rebel
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant,
co - produced by deSingel and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.
The series of images was made by the video artist Wim Catrysse in the Russian miners’
community in Barentsburg (Norway, October 2015) for the production 'Earth diver'.
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TRANSLAB
In translab, Muziektheater Transparant opens its
doors to young makers of music theatre and offers
them support, training and opportunities for creation, all based at our Matterhorn workspace. In this
way we make a long-term commitment to a new
generation of performing artists and put them in
touch with inspiring artists who act as their coach.
* As from 2016, the youth opera, an annual summer
project in which youngsters between 15 and 25 years
create a production, will alternate between the classical and non-classical repertoires. The source of inspiration for the 2016 production, ParadiseHell, will be
the Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch.
* Muziektheater Transparant has concluded an
agreement with the Antwerp Conservatoire to guide
students in the creation of a multidisciplinary project.
Following Naomi Beeldens’ La Voix humaine, in 2016
we shall be collaborating with Ellen Van Herck, and
also Lissa Meyvis and Thomas Eeckhout. In 2017 new
projects will follow.
* Following Polar Night by the young collective Post
uit Hessdalen, Transparant selected the project Medeamaterial by lab.oratorium from a series of entries by
young theatre-makers. It will be produced at Matterhorn in autumn 2016.
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WINDISCHGRÄTZ
The German priest and poet Edouard Mörike (18041875) tried to escape the dullness of his profession by
writing about animals that talk, mermaids, immortal
knights and love. The Austrian composer Hugo Wolf
set fifty-three of these poems to music. Through this
work he became one of the most important composers
of songs in the German language area. The singer Lissa
Meyvis and pianist Thomas Eeckhout are writing
a new story based on a selection of Mörike songs.
Windischgrätz, the village where Hugo Wolf was born,
is the name of the imaginary village where this production is set. Wouter Van Looy is the coach for this
graduation project at the Antwerp Conservatoire.
12 / 13.05.2016
BERCHEM
Zaal 7
www.transparant.be/translab
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13 / 14.08.2016
’S-HERTOGENBOSCH
Theaterfestival Boulevard
www.festivalboulevard.nl
19
> 21.08.2016
ANTWERP
www.desingel.be
ABENDROT
When Richard Strauss wrote his Vier letzte Lieder in
1948, they were to become his musical testament.
Warmth and resignation resound throughout this
composition, which is based on the writings of Herman
Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff in which death
is the main theme. For her graduation project at the
Antwerp Conservatoire, the soprano Ellen Vanherck
is performing these masterpieces of German postromanticism together with Maurice Delage's Quatre
poèmes Hindous, a work from the early 20th-century
French repertoire that touches on the same themes.
Ellen is being coached by Wouter Van Looy in a performance that explores the boundaries between music,
poetry and art. She is creating a multimedia setting
with video images by Chris Meulemans. Her mother Els
Janssen accompanies her on the piano.
PARADISEHELL
21 / 22.06.2016
ANTWERP
Theater Zuidpool
www.transparant.be/tranlab
The annual youth opera will for the first time bring together musicians trained in classical and non-classical
music. In ParadiseHell, twenty youngsters will create
a music-theatre production under the guidance of
an international team of outstanding musicians and
theatre-makers. The production is part of the grand
commemorative project for the 500th anniversary of
the death of the Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). The enigmatic nature of his
work, resulting from his innovative visual idiom full
of monstrous figures and fantastic scenes, inspired
the creators in their study of our double morality and
the moral quandary we find ourselves in. Founded on
each individual’s own talent, a new musical language
is formulated at the intersection of such varied styles as
pop, 15th-century chants, contemporary classical and
improvisation. The singer and violinist Liesa Van der
Aa and the cellist and composer Michael Rauter, artistic head of the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop from
Berlin, will provide the musical accompaniment for
ParadiseHell. They will be collaborating with Bianca
van der Schoot and Suzan Boogaerdt, the artistic
leaders of Ro Theater. They are among the most controversial theatre-makers in the Netherlands and have
caused a furore with their highly visual productions.
Musical directors Michael Rauter and Liesa Van der Aa
Directors Bianca van der Schoot and Suzan Boogaerdt
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant, co - produced by Theaterfestival Boulevard,
Jheronimus Bosch 500, deSingel and Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen.
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MEDEAMATERIAL
Intrigued by the character of Medea and on the basis
of Heiner Müller’s poem Verkommenes Ufer / Medeamaterial / Landschaft mit Argonauten, the young
theatre-makers of lab.oratorium are examining our
globalised world, where everyone is under non-stop
pressure to extend their own limits. Going against
prevailing interpretations, they detach Medea from
the question of guilt and shift the focus to the reasons
for her deeds, as a social figure. What gives anyone
the right to judge who is to be excluded or killed? Do
knowledge and moral action go hand in hand? Heiner
Müller’s writings lend themselves to a range of interpretations, which enables both reality and its representation to be questioned.
01 / 02.12.2016
BORGERHOUT
Matterhorn
www.transparant.be/translab
MATTERHONGER
07.04.2017
MATTERHONGER #3
BORGERHOUT
Matterhorn
www.transparant.be
In the 2015-16 season, Matterhonger was launched as a
recurring event. As from the first season, this format, a
glimpse into the inner workings of the creative process,
turned out to be a direct hit that demanded repetition. Matterhonger unites artists and the audience in
a shared curiosity and it all takes place on a festive,
food-oriented evening at our own rehearsal room.
Actors and musicians present excerpts from a production in the make, assisted by academics, opinionmakers and/or experts who want to share their views
on the theme.
Enrol at
[email protected]
Doors open at 19:00
Starting time 19:30
Price €25
(including food and drink)
Following on from the rehearsals for Nightshade:
Aubergine [p. 10] and The Diary of the One Who Disappeared [p. 14] we are organising Matterhonger #2, on
the topic of migration. Ecstasy will be the theme of
Matterhonger #3, as a foretaste of Revelations [p. 20],
which is part of Opera21.
10.02.2017
MATTERHONGER #2
Author Heiner Müller Conceived and directed by Aïda Gabriëls
Musical arrangements by Astrid Stockman and Innerwoud Medea Astrid Stockman
Double bass Innerwoud Movement artist Lieselot Vanderroost
Speaker Dale Duesing Dramaturge Ylona Supèr
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EVENT
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MATTERHORN
Since 2014, Muziektheater Transparant has shared a
workspace called Matterhorn in Borgerhout with de
Roovers, Laika and kunstZ. All four of these companies want to relate to our increasingly diverse society
on the basis of a common commitment. The location
of Matterhorn was thus in part determined by its surroundings, a multicultural neighbourhood. In this
regard, the collaboration with kunstZ, an organisation
that trains and coaches performing artists of different
origins, is very important.
Every year there is a convivial neighbourhood party
on Terloplein, with concerts, delicious exotic food and
activities for children. The companies that use Matterhorn add theatre to this mixture, both on the square
and inside the building.
As from 2016, the Matterhorn npo undertakes to
organise the biennial Borgerhuis festival. For the first
one, we invited Silke Melis and Gwen Van Erp of the
ROESTgroup, a young theatre collective that has
made ‘donation theatre’ for neighbourhood projects
its trade mark. They will call on the local residents to
donate something – a story, a photo, themselves – and
then put it all together to create a revue. Matterhorn
provides artistic, production and logistic support
for the whole project and will be the beating heart of
Borgerhuis: a place for encounters, rehearsal and of
course a dazzling closing event.
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www.matterhornvzw.be
OPERA21
16 > 23.12.2016
BORGERHUIS
BORGERHOUT
Matterhorn
www.matterhornvzw.be
MAY 2017
TERLOPLEINFEEST
BORGERHOUT
Matterhorn
www.matterhornvzw.be
18 > 29.04.2017
ANTWERP
Festival Opera21
www.opera21.be
With its fifth presentation in the spring of 2017, the
Opera21 festival will bring its biennial cycle to an end.
From then on it will be an annual festival. In 2018 it
will take place in Ghent and Bruges, and in 2019 in
Antwerp once again. By stimulating new creations,
Opera21 is investing even more in the future of music
theatre. At the same time, its international nature
will be boosted and it will open up more to young
and exploratory work. Opera21 has a wide-ranging
programme that breaks down the boundaries of music
theatre: from opera to hybrid, scenic experiments,
installations, performances and visual concerts. The
festival offers opportunities to producers and companies not catered to by its initiators, Opera Vlaanderen, Muziektheater Transparant, LOD music theatre and deSingel. Literature will be a dominant theme
at the next festival, with work by such big names as
Erich Maria Remarque, Can Xue, Louis Paul Boon,
Raymond Queneau and Jean Genet. See you in Ghent
and Antwerp in April 2017.
During Opera21, Muziektheater Transparant will be
staging three powerful productions: Janacek’s The
Diary of the One Who Disappeared, directed by Ivo
van Hove [p. 14], Revelations, a joint project by the
composer Wim Henderickx and director Wouter Van
Looy on the visions of Hadewijch [p. 20] and Nightshade: Aubergine, the new project by the singer Claron
McFadden [p. 10].
www.opera21.be
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SONGBOOK
The Great American Songbook is the canon of the most
important jazz and light music of the twentieth century.
The songs, also referred to as standards, originate mainly from Broadway musicals, music theatre and Hollywood musical films from the 1920s to the 1950s. The
well-known composers whose works have become
standards include George Gershwin, Irving Berlin,
Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen and Richard
Rodgers, and the renowned performers of these songs
were Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong, Billie
Holiday, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald and many
others. During the crisis years of the 1930s and during
the two world wars, these songs offered the hope of
better times to come. They also set the tone at times of
victory and economic growth. The positive values and
optimistic attitudes heard in these songs made them
into the soundtrack for American life. Now, inspired
by this Great American Songbook, Claron McFadden
and Tuur Florizoone have compiled their own repertoire of songs, called Songbook. The Rockoxhuis Museum has invited them to perform a special concert on
one of the Rockox Sundays.
05.02.2017
ANTWERP
De Zondagen van Rockox
www.rockoxhuis.be
RUHE
Singer Claron McFadden Accordionist Tuur Florizoone
Produced by Muziektheater Transparant in association with KBC.
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CONCERT
SECRETS
PRIVATE VIEW
AND YOU MUST SUFFER
MATTERHONGER
KINGS OF WAR
INFO
You can become a member of Muziektheater Transparant by transferring € 25 (ordinary member) or
€ 120 (supporting member) to the account with the number BE21 5230 8032 8203 stating
‘Membership fee 2016-2017’. If you become a member you will be invited to avant- premieres,
supporting members to premieres.
Muziektheater Transparant receives a grant from the Flemish Authorities
and is supported by Oskard D Creative Services.
Muziektheater Transparant is a member of the AKO, OKO, ITI, IETM and Assistej Belgium.
Muziektheater Transparant is a non profit organisation.
Coordination Séverine Windels, An Stevens
Material supplied by Guy Coolen, An Stevens, Wouter Van Looy, Séverine Windels
Translations Gregory Ball
Graphic design by Kurt Cornelis – www.sfumato.be
Website Oskar D Creative Services – www.oskard.com
Printed by Stevens Print – www.stevensprint.be
Picture references:
Secrets › Willy Schuyten | RUHE › Herman Sorgeloos | Private View › Koen Broos
And you must suffer › Koen Broos | Matterhonger › Wouter Van Looy
Kings of War › Jan Versweyveld | La Voix humaine › Jill Bertels
All data concerning casts, dates and starting times may be subject to change.
Responsible editor: Guy Coolen, Albrecht Rodenbachstraat 21 bus 1, 2140 Borgerhout
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GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Guy Coolen
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Guy Coolen
[email protected]
Wouter Van Looy
[email protected]
BUSINESS MANAGER
Jan Dewispelaere
[email protected]
DRAMATURGE
Tobias Kokkelmans
[email protected]
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Caroline Gauquier
[email protected]
BOOKKEEPING
Martine Werbroeck
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PRESS AND COMMUNICATION
Patricia Van de Velde
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COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCTION
Ruth Sarens
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An Stevens
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PRODUCTION MANAGERS
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Eglantine Möller
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INTERNATIONAL SALES
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SALES IN FRANCE
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RECEPTION
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THEATERFESTIVAL
BOULEVARD
www.festivalboulevard.nl
19PARADISEHELL ANTWERP
DESINGEL – www.desingel.be
20PARADISEHELL ANTWERP
DESINGEL – www.desingel.be
21PARADISEHELL ANTWERP
DESINGEL – www.desingel.be
24LISTEN TO THE SILENCE
GRONINGEN
NOORDERZON PERFORMING
ARTS FESTIVAL
www.noorderzon.nl
12WINDISCHGRÄTZ BERCHEM
ZAAL 7
www.transparant.be/translab
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ZAAL 7
www.transparant.be/translab
21 SECRETS ROTTERDAM
OPERA DAYS ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
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OPERA DAYS ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
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ORANJEWOUD FESTIVAL
www.oranjewoudfestival.nl
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www.transparant.be/translab
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THEATER ZUIDPOOL
www.transparant.be/translab
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05SECRETS LONDON
TÊTE À TÊTE – THE OPERA
FESTIVAL
www.tete-a-tete.org.uk
10LILITH VARNA
RADAR FESTIVAL
dimitarbodurov.wix.com/radar-festival-2016
11 AND YOU MUST SUFFER WROCLAW
WRATISLAVIA CANTANS
www.nfm.wroclaw.pl
21 EARTH DIVER ESSEN
RUHRTRIENNALE
www.ruhrtriennale.de
22 EARTH DIVER ESSEN
RUHRTRIENNALE
www.ruhrtriennale.de
23EARTH DIVER ESSEN
RUHRTRIENNALE
www.ruhrtriennale.de
24EARTH DIVER ESSEN
RUHRTRIENNALE
www.ruhrtriennale.de
28LA VOIX HUMAINE TBILISI
TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
www.tbilisiinternational.com
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TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
www.tbilisiinternational.com
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15 TRANSLAB WEEKEND BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
16 TRANSLAB WEEKEND BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
29 POLAR NIGHT HASSELT
NORDIC NIGHT – www.ccha.be
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03 POLAR NIGHT ANTWERP
DE STUDIO – www.villanella.be
03KINGS OF WAR NEW YORK
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
www.bam.org
04KINGS OF WAR NEW YORK
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
www.bam.org
05KINGS OF WAR NEW YORK
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
www.bam.org
06KINGS OF WAR NEW YORK
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
www.bam.org
20LISTEN TO THE SILENCE MANNHEIM
FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
21 LISTEN TO THE SILENCE MANNHEIM
FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
22 LISTEN TO THE SILENCE MANNHEIM
FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
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FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
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FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
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FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
26 LISTEN TO THE SILENCE MANNHEIM
FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
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FESTIVAL HAPPY NEW EARS
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
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01MEDEAMATERIAL BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
02MEDEAMATERIAL BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
16ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS
www.matterhornvzw.be
17ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
17 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
18ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
19ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
19 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
20ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
21ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
22ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
23ROEST BORGERHOUT
BORGERHUIS – www.matterhornvzw.be
23 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
26 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
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LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
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02 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
04DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
06DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
08DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
12 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
12SECRETS ANTWERP
THEATER ZUIDPOOL
www.zuidpool.be
14SECRETS BRUSSELS
RIVERJAZZ
www.riverjazz.be
15SECRETS TERNEUZEN
PORGY & BESS
www.porgyenbess.nl
17SECRETS CHERBOURG
LE TRIDENT
www.trident-scenenationale.com
19SECRETS ENSCHEDE
WILMINKTHEATER
MUZIEKCENTRUM
ENSCHEDE
www.wilminktheater.nl
20SECRETS HASSELT
CULTUURCENTRUM HASSELT
www.ccha.be
21SECRETS TILBURG
THEATERS TILBURG
www.theaterstilburg.nl
21 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
26SECRETS NANTERRE
MAISON DE LA MUSIQUE
www.nanterre.fr > Culture
28SECRETS LEYDEN
HOT HOUSE
www.hothousejazz.nl
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03 POLAR NIGHT KORTRIJK
SCHOUWBURG KORTRIJK
www.schouwburgkortrijk.be
03DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
05SONGBOOK ANTWERP
DE ZONDAGEN VAN ROCKOX
www.rockoxhuis.be
08DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
10 MATTERHONGER #2 BORGERHOUT
M ATTERHORN – www.transparant.be
10WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) DORDRECHT
ENERGIEHUIS
www.energiehuis.nl
16WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) NIJVERDAL
THEATER NIJVERDAL
www.zinintheater.nl
17WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) MIDDELBURG
SCHOUWBURG MIDDELBURG
www.zeelandtheaters.nl
18WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) BERGEN OP ZOOM
GEBOUW T – www.gebouw-t.nl
20 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE BRUGES
CONCERTGEBOUW BRUGGE
www.concertgebouw.be
22WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) DOETICHEM
SCHOUWBURG AMPHION
www.amphion.nl
22 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
23WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) LELYSTAD
AGORA THEATER- EN
CONGRESCENTRUM
www.agora-lelystad.nl
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23RUHE BERLIN
RADIALSYSTEM
www.radialsystem.de
24WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) MEPPEL
SCHOUWBURG OGTEROP
www.schouwburgogterop.nl
25RUHE GHENT
DE BIJLOKE
www.debijloke.be
26WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) KAMPEN
STADSGEHOORZAAL
www.stadsgehoorzaalkampen.nl
28WENDE ( TRY-OUT ) HOOFDDORP
SCHOUWBURG DE MEERSE
www.demeerse.nl
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02WENDE AMSTERDAM
PARADISO
www.paradiso.nl
03WENDE VEENENDAAL
DE LAMPEGIET
www.lampegiet.nl
05DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LUCERNE
LUZERNER THEATER
www.luzernertheater.ch
09WENDE HOORN
SCHOUWBURG HET PARK
www.hetpark.nl
10WENDE GRONINGEN
DE OOSTERPOORT
www.de-oosterpoort.nl
11 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED BRUSSELS
KLARAFESTIVAL
www.kaaitheater.be
11 PRIVATE VIEW BERGEN
BOREALISFESTIVAL
www.borealisfestival.no
12 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED BRUSSELS
KLARAFESTIVAL
www.kaaitheater.be
12WENDE LEYDEN
LEIDSE SCHOUWBURG
www.stadspodia.nl
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12 PRIVATE VIEW BERGEN
BOREALISFESTIVAL
www.borealisfestival.no
16WENDE THE HAGUE
PAARD VAN TROJE
www.paard.nl
173ME BRUGES
KLARAFESTIVAL
www.concertgebouw.be
17WENDE THE HAGUE
PAARD VAN TROJE
www.paard.nl
17 ROMAN TRAGEDIES LONDON
THE BARBICAN
www.barbican.org.uk
18 AQUARIUS’ DREAM ANTWERP
ELISABETHCENTER
www.elisabethcenter.be
18WENDE OSS
THEATER DE LIEVEKAMP
www.lievekamp.nl
18 ROMAN TRAGEDIES LONDON
THE BARBICAN
www.barbican.org.uk
193ME ANTWERPEN
KLARAFESTIVAL
www.desingel.be
19 ROMAN TRAGEDIES LONDON
THE BARBICAN
www.barbican.org.uk
22WENDE ALKMAAR
THEATER DE VEST
www.theaterdevest.nl
23WENDE LEEUWARDEN
STADSSCHOUWBURG DE HARMONIE
www.harmonie.nl
23LE COUPEUR D'EAU HERENTALS
’T SCHALIKEN
www.schaliken.be
25WENDE DRACHTEN
SCHOUWBURG DE LAWEI
www.lawei.nl
28AND YOU MUST SUFFER AMSTERDAM
OPERA FORWARD
www.muziekgebouw.nl
29 AND YOU MUST SUFFER AMSTERDAM
OPERA FORWARD
www.muziekgebouw.nl
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29WENDE BREDA
CHASSÉ THEATER
www.chasse.nl
30SECRETS MOUSCRON
CENTRE CULTUREL DE MOUSCRON
www.centrecultureldemouscron.be
30WENDE ZWOLLE
ODEON – www.zwolsetheaters.nl
31 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE AMSTERDAM
OSTADETHEATER
www.ostadeadam.nl
31WENDE EINDHOVEN
PARKTHEATER
www.parktheater.nl
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AMSTERDAM
OSTADETHEATER
www.ostadeadam.nl
01WENDE MAASTRICHT
AINSI
www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl
02 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE
AMSTERDAM
OSTADETHEATER
www.ostadeadam.nl
07 MATTERHONGER #3 BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be
07WENDE APPELDOORN
ORPHEUS
www.orpheus.nl
08WENDE ENSCHEDE
DE KLEINE WILLEM
www.wilminktheater.nl
11WENDE ROTTERDAM
LUXOR THEATER
www.luxortheater.nl
12SECRETS LYON
THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE
www.croix-rousse.com
13SECRETS LYON
THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE
www.croix-rousse.com
13WENDE DELFT
THEATER DE VESTE
www.theaterdeveste.nl
13 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
14SECRETS LYON
THÉÂTRE DE LA CROIX-ROUSSE
www.croix-rousse.com
14WENDE UTRECHT
STADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT
www.stadsschouwburg-utrecht.nl
14 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
15WENDE HAARLEM
STADSCHOUWBURG HAARLEM
www.theater-haarlem.nl
15 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
18 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
19 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
21REVELATIONS ANTWERP
OPERA21
www.desingel.be
21WENDE ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH
VERKADEFABRIEK
www.verkadefabriek.nl
21 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
22 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED ANTWERP
OPERA21 – www.operaballet.be
22 LE COUPEUR D'EAU BRUSSELS
FLAGEY
www.flagey.be
22WENDE ARNHEM
STADSTHEATER
www.arnhemsepodia.nl
22 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
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23REVELATIONS ANTWERP
OPERA21
www.desingel.be
25REVELATIONS MALINES
FESTIVAL VAN VLAANDEREN
MECHELEN
www.mechelenhoortstemmen.be
25WENDE LOUVAIN
30CC
www.30cc.be
25 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG
AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
26 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG
AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
28KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG
AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
29 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE
ANTWERP
OPERA21 – www.desingel.be
29 TRANSLAB WEEKEND BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
29WENDE GOUDA
DE GOUDSE SCHOUWBURG
www.goudseschouwburg.nl
29 KINGS OF WAR AMSTERDAM
STADSSCHOUWBURG
AMSTERDAM
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
30 TRANSLAB WEEKEND BORGERHOUT
MATTERHORN
www.transparant.be/translab
30WENDE AMSTERDAM
PARADISO – www.paradiso.nl
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05THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED LONDON
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
www.roh.org.uk
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06THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED LONDON
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
www.roh.org.uk
06LA VOIX HUMAINE LIER
LIERS CULTUURCENTRUM
www.lierscultuurcentrum.be
07 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED LONDON
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
www.roh.org.uk
08THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED LONDON
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
www.roh.org.uk
09THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED LONDON
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
www.roh.org.uk
12 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
13 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
13 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE
ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
14 NIGHTSHADE: AUBERGINE
ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
20REVELATIONS ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
20POLAR NIGHT ROTTERDAM
OPERADAGEN ROTTERDAM
www.operadagenrotterdam.nl
21 THE DIARY OF THE ONE WHO
DISAPPEARED AMSTERDAM
MUZIEKGEBOUW AAN HET IJ
www.muziekgebouw.nl
22WENDE ANTWERP
ANTWERPSE KLEPPERS
www.toneelhuis.be
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WIM HENDERICKX
Aquarius’ Dream
Revelations
LIESA VAN DER AA
ParadiseHell
M U Z I E K T H E AT E R T R A N S PA R A N T
ANNELIES VAN PARYS
ЗМЕЯ
IVO VAN HOVE
Kings of War
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
Roman Tragedies
Earth diver
Die Zauberflöte
Revelations
NAOMI BEELDENS
La Voix humaine
CLARON MCFADDEN
Secrets
Lilith
Nightshade: Aubergine
WENDE SNIJDERS
Wende
MMXVII
WOUTER VAN LOOY
M UZ IEK T HE AT ER T R A NSPA R A N T
LUIGI DE ANGELIS
M M X V II
W W W .T R A N S P A R A N T. B E
And you must suffer
RUHE
The Diary of the One Who Disappeared
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