Sun & Sea - sold out
the award-winning opera performance
about
In 2019 the Lithuanian opera performance Sun & Sea won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale. Klarafestival is bringing this legendary performance which takes place on an artificial beach to Brussels. A group of holidaymakers try to relax, only to be rudely awakened by the consequences of climate change.
Imagine a beach – you within it, or better: watching from above – the burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs. Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound (on this particular beach, not elsewhere). The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat. Then a chorus of songs: everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them: the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.
The three makers of Sun & Sea – Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė – choose a path between documentary and fiction, between reality and poetry. They use theatre, music and the visual arts. A 10-voice choir and more than 20 other performers trudge sweatily across the sand. A unique performance that Venice audiences queued for hours to see!
This performance is in English.
classical music for Ukraine
Uit solidariteit met de Oekraïense bevolking en omdat klassieke muziek verbindt en troost, zetten Bozar, Concertgebouw Brugge, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, DE SINGEL, Flagey, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen en l'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège samen hun schouders onder ‘Classical Music for Ukraine’, een grootschalige, nationale benefiet-meerdaagse van 25 t.e.m. 29 maart in verschillende steden.
Ook Klarafestival sluit aan bij dit initiatief en doneert de ticketontvangst van het eerste tijdslot van de opera-performance Sun & Sea op vrijdag 25 maart 2022 aan Oekraïne 12-12.
Credits
coproduction
Klarafestival, Théâtre Les Tanneurs
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© Andrej Vasilenko