Version Orchestra and Narrator, 1787 - Music Joseph Haydn
«Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do».
ABOUT
This theatrical rendition of Haydn’s landmark work connects modern-day Jerusalem with the universality of the Seven Last Words.
A Narrator delivers 7 brief speeches combining the Holy Scriptures with excerpts of classics by European poets and novelists. In 7 short films, we meet with 7 inhabitants of Jerusalem, wearing headphones… Facing the camera, 7 silent anonymous faces become emotional landscapes for Haydn’s masterpiece.
CAST
Marina Hands, de la Comédie Française / Joao Reis (Lisbon, Porto), Michele Zacaria (Montepulciano)
Installation and scenic design: Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil
Lighting Design: Christophe Pitoiset
Video : Julien Roques - Editing: Jean-François Hautin
Dramaturgy: Luc Bourrousse
Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, 2019 / Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano, 2017 / Casa da Musica Porto, Fundação Gulbenkian Lisbon, 2015
PRODUCTION
Clarac-Deloeuil > le lab, Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisbon
With the support of Institut Français + Ville de Bordeaux
