Only the sound remains
Co-production: La Biennale di Venezia, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Palau de la Musica, Tampere Hall
Malibran Theatre
Only the Sound Remains – opera in two parts (2016, 100’) by Kaija Saariaho – European premiere of the new production
Texts: “Tsunemasa” and “Hagoromo” (Nō Japanese classical theatre) rewritten by Ezra Pound
La Biennale Musica concert in collaboration with La Fenice Opera House
CAST
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
