2e2m + Territoires du souffle
Let us stop a moment on the weight of words: prison, incarceration, inmates, prisoners, life sentence, solitary, visiting rooms, victims... Our society hesitates to apprehend the universe of reclusion and is afraid of it. Putting a voice, voices to the words is the intention of Thierry Machuel (1962). After Les parloirs, a place of ephemeral encounters and of the last link, after Les lessiveuses, premiered in 2014 by 2e2m, maternal madness confronted with the alienation of prison, Thierry Machuel pursues his operatic exploration of the prison universe with that of the victims, haunted by these voices.
Duration / 1 h 30
Production Territoires du souffle / In patnership with Collège des Bernardins / With the support of Fondation pour l'Art et la Recherche, Fondation Orange and INAVEM
Les lessiveuses
2 sopranos, contralto, saxophone, 2 accordions
Les victimes
world premiere
2 sopranos, 4 mezzo-sopranos, choir & ensemble
Pierre Roullier conductor
Territoires du souffle
Esther Labourdette, Caroline Chassany sopranos
Julia Beaumier, Corinne Bahuaud, Roula Safar, Adèle Charvet mezzo-sopranos
Saturday 19 march 2016 / Paris / 17 h 30
Collège des Bernardins
20 Rue de Poissy
75005 Paris
M10 Cardinal Lemoine / M7 Jussieu
17h30- 19h00 LES PARLOIRS
19h30 - 20h30 LES LESSIVEUSES
21h30 - 22h30 LES VICTIMES
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