EuroArtsChannel | Wim Henderickx: The Convert (Trailer) @Euroarts | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Direction, scenography, costume design: Hans Op de Beeck
Electronics: Jorrit Tamminga
Lighting design: Peter Quasters
Dramaturgy: Koen Bollen
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Symphonic Orchestra
Choir and Children’s Choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
City Choir Madam Fortuna
Soloists: Lore Binon, Vincenzo Neri, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Françoise Atlan, Daniel Arnaldos, Luvuyo Mbundu, Guido Jentjens
‘Pray. But to whom.' In his erudite and haunting novel The Convert, Stefan Hertmans captures the inner conflict of his titular heroine with these concise words. The Belgian composer Wim Henderickx and librettist Krystian Lada were inspired by these universal themes and created a richly-felt opera about identity, impossible love, faith and human strength.
With Vigdis Adelaïs, Hertmans has created a strong woman who, at the time of the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century, was torn between her Christian upbringing and the Jewish faith, to which she has converted for her beloved, taking the new name Hamoutal. The Convert tells the story of a young mother who, in times of religious violence, is the victim of a pogrom and tragically perishes in her search for her kidnapped children.
Henderickx's compositions are unique in finding a bridge between musical languages. In his score, influences from Western early music, modernism and film music merge in a symbiotic way with both Jewish and Arab traditions to create a contemporary opera in which Vigdis' epic life story is told through sound.
TV Director: Steven Maes
Produced by Evil Penguin
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Direction, scenography, costume design: Hans Op de Beeck
Electronics: Jorrit Tamminga
Lighting design: Peter Quasters
Dramaturgy: Koen Bollen
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Symphonic Orchestra
Choir and Children’s Choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
City Choir Madam Fortuna
Soloists: Lore Binon, Vincenzo Neri, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Françoise Atlan, Daniel Arnaldos, Luvuyo Mbundu, Guido Jentjens
‘Pray. But to whom.' In his erudite and haunting novel The Convert, Stefan Hertmans captures the inner conflict of his titular heroine with these concise words. The Belgian composer Wim Henderickx and librettist Krystian Lada were inspired by these universal themes and created a richly-felt opera about identity, impossible love, faith and human strength.
With Vigdis Adelaïs, Hertmans has created a strong woman who, at the time of the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century, was torn between her Christian upbringing and the Jewish faith, to which she has converted for her beloved, taking the new name Hamoutal. The Convert tells the story of a young mother who, in times of religious violence, is the victim of a pogrom and tragically perishes in her search for her kidnapped children.
Henderickx's compositions are unique in finding a bridge between musical languages. In his score, influences from Western early music, modernism and film music merge in a symbiotic way with both Jewish and Arab traditions to create a contemporary opera in which Vigdis' epic life story is told through sound.
TV Director: Steven Maes
Produced by Evil Penguin
▶ INFO: euroarts.com/tv-license/4760-wim-henderickx-convert
▶ FACEBOOK: facebook.com/EuroArtsMusic
▶ INSTAGRAM instagram.com/euroartsmusic
