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Opera, Opera & Family

Solar
Icarus Burning
Howard Moody

Presentation
Opera
how everything turns away / Quite leisurely from the disaster.— W.H. Auden (on Bruegel's 'Icarus')

In the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, you can find one of the most famous paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. In a small corner of the canvas, barely noticeable, we can see the flailing legs of the headstrong son, who abused the invention of his father Daedelus and ignored his warnings. The story is more topical than ever: those who do not handle the possibilities offered by science and technology with care, those who put their personal freedom before the forces of nature, risk bringing about their own downfall, while the world looks away uninterested … After Sindbad, Orfeo & Majnun and Push, all strong community projects carried out by and for young people, Howard Moody once again touches on a burning issue: environmental awareness and respect for nature. And who can interpret this more convincingly than the young singers of the MM Academy and of our Children’s and Youth Choirs, the generation that holds the key to changing course?

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Dates & tickets

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Location

Malibran room (La Monnaie Workshops)

Prices

€ 25

Language

Sung in English
Surtitles in French and in Dutch

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance (NL/FR)

Age limit

10+

Running time

1h20
no intermission

An opera for 4 soloists, youth chorus, children’s chorus and orchestra by Howard Moody
Libretto by Anna Moody

Commissioned by la Monnaie
World premiere

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

MusicHOWARD MOODY LibrettoANNA MOODY

ConductorHOWARD MOODY Stage directorBENOIT DE LEERSNYDER ChoreographyKARINE GIRARD Set and costume designEMILIE LAUWERSLightingGLEN D’HAENENS Children's and Youth Chorus directionBENOIT GIAUX

TalusEMMA POSMAN*,
ANDREA CONANGLA (14.03) DaedalusKRIS BELLIGH IcarusLOGAN LOPEZ GONZALEZ* MinosMICHAEL J. SCOTT The SunLA MONNAIE CHILDREN'S CHOIR Apprentices to DaedalusLA MONNAIE YOUTH CHOIR

* MM Laureate

La Monnaie Chamber Music ensemble

ProductionLA MONNAIE

 

In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter

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