VIA MUSICA
a moving opera
-on a journey with Orfeo today
VIA MUSICA ... embraces the essence of strength and wonder, fostering creativity and perception, and allowing all dimensions to shine.
Orfeo takes on the persona of a modern young man wearing sunglasses, a transformation demanded by his life story.
Orfeo invites five opera characters to answer the intriguing question: “What if beauty is in a box?”
Discover the magic of opera in all its dimensions, both visible and invisible.
VIA MUSICA ... presents a contemporary experience where singing, music, and theater are innovatively combined.
Dive into the deeper meaning of Orfeo’s story, which travels through the building and history with music and sound.
VIA MUSICA ... takes you on a sensory and immersive journey, where imagination, enchantment and wonder are central.
Let your creativity and perception be stimulated and experience how all dimensions come to life in this moving opera.
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concept, storyline & performance: Sigrid Keunen
sound design: Geert de Deken
layout & feedback: Muriel Waerenburgh
supporting & advisory partner: De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussels)
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Conduct of approximately 1 hour
Part 1: INTRODUCTION (5')
Part 2: STORY OF ORFEO with wallpaper film (15')
Part 3: MUSICAL STROLL / tour (25')
Part 4: SEQUEL STORY OF ORFEO and the journey to his inner sunshine,
in front of different seized red boxes and a yellow balloon (15')
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The performance in this video is telling you Part 2:
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“The VIA MUSICA guided tour is a challenging project, one that tries to connect different layers: music, history, architecture and our own experiences and knowledge. The question with every guided tour should be how to rediscover the realities we are trying to unearth in a new way. In that sense the project is a beautiful step into a direction that is important for us: less didactic and more empowering, less obvious and more creative.
Music becomes the guide in this tour, and we, as its protagonists, have the possibility to engage with it in many different ways; we are invited to make connections between realities we were not aware of. That should be the goal of every artistic project: inviting audiences to become the real designers of their experience.”
from José Luis Villalobos (Previous Coordinator Cultural Empowerment De Munt, Brussels)
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Nomination for the Social Art Award in Berlin (05/2017)
By the Institute for Art and Innovation www.art-innovation.org
Vernissage & Book Launch on 5/09/2017 @Whiteconcepts Gallery (Berlin)