La Monnaie / De Munt LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera

Cassandra
Bernard Foccroulle, Matthew Jocelyn

Presentation
Opera

Sandra predicts the end of the world, but no one cares.

Sandra divides her time between her research into the melting ice caps and stand-up comedy. Concerned about her recent studies into the impact of human activity on the environment, she wants to use humour to raise awareness. But people around her are sceptical, as is her own family. Just as Cassandra predicted the fall of Troy without being heard, Sandra predicts the imminent approach of a terrible tragedy but no one is listening … 

How can you convince others when they refuse to hear you? Why do some people ignore a future that is right before their eyes? For their first opera, Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle and librettist Matthew Jocelyn have chosen a highly topical theme: environmental activism in the face of social inertia. Thanks to a powerfully evocative score conducted by Kazushi Ono and sets that will transport us in turn to a huge library, a beehive and the heart of a glacier, Cassandra will be a powerful and poetic opening to the 2023–24 season.

Don't miss the committed choral concerts by the Chœur Cassandra Koor, 1 hour before each performance at the Place de la Monnaie !

Under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (21.9.2023)
Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Dynamic ticket prices
Starting from € 12 to € 165
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50

Language

Sung in English
Surtitles in Dutch and French

Running time

1:50 (without interval)

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance: in Dutch by Pieter Mannaerts (Grand Foyer) and in French by Benoit Van Langenhove (Bonbonnière)

More info

17.9: Car Free Sunday

An opera in thirteen scenes
and a prologue

Music by Bernard Foccroulle
Libretto by Matthew Jocelyn

World premiere
Commissioned by la Monnaie

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Gallery

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

World premiere
An opera in thirteen scenes and a prologue
Music by Bernard Foccroulle
Libretto by Matthew Jocelyn
Commissioned by la Monnaie

ConductorKAZUSHI ONO Director & Video DesignerMARIE-EVE SIGNEYROLE

 

Set DesignerFABIEN TEIGNÉ Costume DesignerYASHI Lighting DesignerPHILIPPE BERTHOMÉ DramaturgeLOUIS GEISLER Video CollaboratorARTIS DZĒRVE Chorus MasterEMMANUEL TRENQUE

CassandraKATARINA BRADIĆ SandraJESSICA NILES Hecuba / VictoriaSUSAN BICKLEY NaomiSARAH DEFRISE BlakePAUL APPLEBY Apollo / Angry Audience MemberJOSHUA HOPKINS Priam / AlexanderGIDON SAKS Stage Manager / MarjorieSANDRINE MAIRESSE Conference PresenterLISA WILLEMS °

° MM Laureate

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choirs

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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