Kaija Saariaho (1952), Only the Sound Remains - opera in two parts (2016, 100’) European premiere of the new production
| Texts: | “Tsunemasa” and “Hagoromo” (Nō Japanese classical theatre) rewritten by Ezra Pound |
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| Soloists: | Michał Sławecki contertenor, Bryan Murray baritone, Kaiji Moriyama dance |
| Theatre of Voices: | Else Torp soprano, Iris Oja mezzo-soprano, Paul Bentley-Angell tenor, Jakob Bloch Jespersen bass |
| Instrumentalists: | Marco Thèves violin, Léo Marillier violin, Yuko Hara viola, Dima Tsypkin cello, Eija Kankaanranta kantele, Camilla Hoitenga flute, Mitsunori Kambe percussion |
| Conductor: | Clement Mao-Takacs |
| Direction, stage, costume and video design: | Aleksi Barrière |
| Set, costumes, lighting design: | Étienne Exbrayat |
| Choreography: | Kaiji Moriyama |
| Sound design: | Christophe Lebreton |
| Sound engineer: | Timo Kurkikangas |
| Sound engineer assistant: | David Poissonnier |
| Co-production: | La Biennale di Venezia, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Palau de la Musica, Tampere Hall |
| In collaboration with: | Fondazione Teatro La Fenice |
