Daniel Schell
Opera Arias
Daniel Schell: Opera Arias
An Opera evening with the Singers and Musicians of the Mons Conservatory Chambre Ensemble.
Daniel Schell is mostly interested in a relationship with contemporary writers. He is constantly reading and looking for new writers who will bring the musical theater to new horizons. The present performance could be called 'How I wrote (and will write) some of my operas' to quote a famous word by Raymond Roussel. The performance will outline the analytical, detailed, almost obsessive, process used by Daniel in order to work out the original texts.
The author with whom he worked the most is Amélie Nothomb, but he dialogs as well with such authors as Jacques Lacarrière, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and the strip story creator Jean-Claude Servais.
To see on stage:
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- Arias From the Trilogie Nothomb: 'Hygiène de l'Assassin', 'Les Combustibles' and in premiere, 'Le Sabotage Amoureux' . Création: Opera Royal de Wallonie, October 2006.
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- Arias from 'Les contes de l'Arbre Roi', libretto based on a strip story by Jean-Claude Servais, texts from Jacques Lacarrière, Alejandro Jodorowsky and other poets. Creation : City of Rambouillet 2008
In between the arias, there are dialogs where the singers ask themselves: Is Opera some kind of theater? Is it adapted to the reality? Does a singer need to be understood? Does he have to present a message?
The performance is in concert form, with infographic projections.
With
Mathilde Sevrin (soprano), Gregory Decerf (Baryton),
The Mons Conservatory Chambre Ensemble, directed by and with Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, piano.
Clarinet: Pauline Lantin - Violin: Hoat n'Guyen - Cello: Angélique Charbonnel Double-bass: Christoffel Delaat - Percussion: Jérôme Baudart.
Staged by the composer, advised by Frédéric Roels.
Régie, infography: Oli Verschueren
2006 Tour details
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March 21, 20h30, Espace Senghor, Bruxelles. Res 02 230 31 40 . www.senghor.be . Espace.senghor@chello.be Ch de Wavre 366 (Piétonnier Pl Jourdan) 1040 Bruxelles.
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March 23, 21h, l'Archipel, Paris. Res 0 826 02 99 24 www.larchipel.net larchipel@larchipel.net 17 Bd de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris.
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March 25, 20h45 Théâtre Le Nickel, Rambouillet.50 rue du muguet F-78120 Rambouillet Res 01 34 94 82 77
New CD
Daniel Schell-Amélie Nothomb Hygiène de L'assassin & les Combustibes
Arias on stage. OnAlone Blue records, www.artscompil.com/alone.
The novels by Amélie Nothomb are published by Albin Michel.
A co-production with the city of Rambouillet, The Mons Royal Conservatorys, The Espace Senghor (Bruxelles), l'Archipel (Paris).
The Operas
The Nothomb trilogy
These operas are based on the three first novels by Amélie Nothomb.
Le Sabotage Amoureux:
L'Arbre Roi
This opera is a fantasy on the forest, but it is also an indictment on the terrible danger which the man makes run to the forest, in its unconscious ecological behavior. Based on a strip story by Jean-Claude Servais, with texts by known authors: ' Yggdrasil' bubble of Jacques Lacarrière starts the first, followed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.! .
 Mathilde Sevrin (soprano) |
 Gregory Decerf (Baryton) |
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Daniel Schell |
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