Name: Sestina
Start: 2005-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2005-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Zürcher Theater Spektakel

Organization

Conductor

Jan Van Outryve

Stage director

Wouter Van Looy

Set designer

Hans Op de Beeck

Video designer

Costume designer

Machteld Van de Perre

Singer

Elise Caluwaerts

Soprano

Nora Tabbush

Elena Pozhidaeva

Alto

Immo Schröder

Tenor

Dick Vandaele

Jorge-Gaston Sister

Bass

Muziektheater Transparant

Sestina

Bruges

Belgium

De Biekorf

Zurich

Switzerland

Zürcher Theater Spektakel

Sestina Monteverdi

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Continuo

“Incinerated remains, greedy tomb,
Made from my beauteous sun and earthly heaven.“

Met deze woorden opent Claudio Monteverdi Sestina. De dichter Scipione Agnelli schreef een tekst ter nagedachtenis van de overleden zangeres Catarina Martinelli. Het zesdelige muzikale gedicht, vertelt over de tranen van een man voor het graf van zijn geliefde. Monteverdi, die op korte tijd zijn echtgenote en zijn lievelingssopraan Martinelli verloren had, koos dit aangrijpende  gedicht als de basis voor zijn madrigaal Sestina.
Voor deze productie vertalen kunstenaars uit verschillende disciplines de ontroerende kracht van deze compositie, samen met het gedicht Triomf van de dood van Francesco Petrarca en ander werk van Monteverdi, naar een hedendaagse setting. 
Sestina verkent de mogelijkheden van een ruimtelijke installatie met videobeelden, een soundscape en een live gezongen concert met muziek van Monteverdi. Tegen de achtergrond van de videobeelden en soundscape vertellen vijf jonge zangers, ondersteund door een luit en een gamba, over de dood en de liefde.

Nederlands

Incinerated remains, greedy tomb,
Made from my beauteous sun and earthly heaven.“

With these words Claudio Monteverdi opens Sestina . The poet Scipione Agnelli wrote a text in memory of the late singer Catarina Martinelli. The six-part musical poem tells of a man's tears before the grave of his beloved. Monteverdi, who had recently lost his wife and his favorite soprano Martinelli, chose this poignant poem as the basis for his madrigal Sestina.
For this production, artists from various disciplines translate the moving power of this composition, together with Francesco Petrarca's poem  Triumph of Death  and other works by Monteverdi, into a contemporary setting. 
Sestina explores the possibilities of a spatial installation with video images, a soundscape and a live sung concert with music by Monteverdi. Against the background of the video images and soundscape, five young singers, supported by a lute and a gamba, talk about death and love.

English

Sestina by Monteverdi, From (2005/2005), Directed by Wouter Van Looy,, Conductor Jan Van Outryve, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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