Les Aveugles Maurice Maeterlinck, Josse De Pauw, Jan Kuijken, Collegium Vocale Gent

A group of blind people wander through an ancient forest on an island. They are waiting for the return of the priest who brought them here, not realizing that he is already among them. Silent. Dead?

Les Aveugles is the third element of Josse De Pauw’s trilogy dedicated to the exploration of the human condition. Working with a different composer for each of his shows, he worked with Dominique Pauwels for Les Héros and with Kris Defoort for L’Humanité (presented in the 18/19 season). For this last element, it is with Jan Kuijken that he is collaborating. The duo has taken Maurice Maeterlinck’s poignant prose drama written in 1890, which they have complemented with new texts in English. The resulting text is sung by the wonderful singers of Collegium Vocale Ghent , men and women whose a cappella singing rises and melds to translate the symbolism of the wandering and the blindness of a group of human beings who resemble us.

Information

Language

en, nl, surtitles fr, en

Venue

Grande Salle

Duration

90’

Surrounding the show

Kids Brunch 17.11.2019 - from 12:00

Cast

Concept and direction
Josse De Pauw

Music composer
Jan Kuijken

Text
Maurice Maeterlinck

Text editing
Josse De Pauw
Jan Kuijken

Closing monologue
Tom Jansen

With
Josse De Pauw
Zukisa Nante (remplace Gorges Ocloo)
Taka Shamoto

Music direction
Marnix De Cat

Vocals
Collegium Vocale Gent:
Viola Blache (soprano),
Cécile Pilorger (alto),
Magdalena Podkościelna (soprano),
Carla Babelegoto (alto),
Karolina Hartman (alto),
Philippe Kaven (basse),
Marnix De Cat (contreténor),
Vincent Lesage (ténor),
Felix Rumpf (baryton)

Lighting
Eric Soyer

Set design
Eric Soyer
Anne Marcq

Painted canvas realization
Anne Marcq
Esther Denis

Costumes
Greta Goiris

Costume assistant
Bert Menzel,
Claudine Grinwis
& Catherine Piqueray

Video design
Wim Piqueur
Pascal Poissonnier

Technics
Brecht Beuselinck,
Jannes Dierynck,
Wim Piqueur

English translation
Laurence Alma Tadema

Dutch surtitles
Josse De Pauw

Production manager and surtitles
Kristel Deweerdt

Production
LOD muziektheater
Theaterproductiehuis ZEELANDIA

Co-production
KVS Brussel, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Theater Aan Zee, Collegium Vocale Gent, le Manège Maubeuge, Théâtre de Namur, Gone West, cultuurprogramma van de provincie West-Vlaanderen voor de herdenking van WOI

Set design
Ateliers Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

With the support of
la mesure Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge arts de la scène

Made possible by
Grensverleggers, regeling ter ondersteuning van culturele samenwerkingen tussen partijen in Vlaanderen, de Provincie Noord-Brabant, de Provincie Limburg en de Provincie Zeeland

Thanks to
Emad Khazal
Adela Martinez
Annie Van Hoorick
Holia Abdulhamid
Eman Dawoud Radwan
Ali Ibrahim Yaseen
Adel Osmani
Siraj Muwafaq Al-Bayati

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