Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Heiner Goebbels' Songs of Wars I've seen are indictments of the absurdity of war.
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is one of the iconic works from the Baroque period, the struggle between two lovers, the struggle between religions, a possible indictment of the absurdity of violence and extremism. The texts of Gertrude Stein are used by Goebbels in his indictment. It is a meditation on the effects of war on women, reflected by Gertrude Stein’s extracts from memoirs of life in Vichy (France) during World War II. The German composer Heiner Goebbels, inspired by her book, produced a theatrical composition, mainly performed by women.
Credits
Tancredi e Clorinda
music: Claudio Monteverdi
text Torquato Tasso
conductor Wim Maeseele
director | video Wouter Van Looy
original footage Daniel Demoustier, e.a.
dramaturgy Jef Lambrecht
light | video technique Peter Quasters
video montage Youssef Chellak
Testo Dietrich Henschel
Clorinda Claron McFadden
Tancredi Reinoud Van Mechelen
musical ensemble B’Rock
Sequenza per voce
music Luciano Berio
director | video Wouter Van Looy
light | video technique Peter Quasters
Clorinda Claron McFadden
Songs of Wars I Have Seen
music, concept and director Heiner Goebbels
Text Gertrude Stein
Conductor Marit Strindlund
director Wouter Van Looy
musical ensembles B’Rock en I solisti del vento
| Location | Dates | Hour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| O. (Rotterdam) + 31 1 436 60 70 https://o-festival.nl/ | 28/5/2013 | 20:00 | |
| De Bijloke Muziekcentrum (Gent) +32 9 233 68 78 www.debijloke.be | 29/5/2013 30/5/2013 | 20:00 20:00 |