2022.9.16 Jamie Man “ZELLE: Wenn Es Dunkel Wird” in Valencia
We premiered Jamie Man & Peter Stamm “ZELLE : Wenn Es Dunkel Wird” in Belgium and Swiss last year. This year we will play it again in Valencia, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal.
Winter. High up in the mountains a woman is found alone in a hut. She is suspected of killing her children. The interrogator who interviews the woman never receives a reply and slowly begins to question herself. As it becomes more and more difficult to find what has never been missing, time passes, the fog thickens and clarity dissipates.
For this new chamber opera ZELLE: Wenn es dunkel wird the British-Chinese composer and director Jamie Man 文珮玲 joins forces with the Swiss writer and librettist Peter Stamm. What binds them is the quest for what is real, for the truth beneath the reality. With influences including the dark surrealism of David Lynch, the narrative montage techniques of Jean-Luc Godard and Japanese Nō theatre, ZELLE: Wenn es dunkel wird explores the boundaries of what is visible, audible and knowable.
The venue is Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. This amazing building is designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava.
It is also the opening of Ensems Festival.
Jamie Man “ZELLE : Wenn Es Dunkel Wird”
2022/9/16 19:30-
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Spain
https://www.lesarts.com/zelle/
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is a part of the City of Arts and Sciences is a cultural and architectural complex. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava.
Oceanogràfic designed by Félix Candela
La Lonja de la Seda
Catedral de Valencia
Paella at Restaurant Panorama
We enjoyed Paella!