Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis/Enrico Bagnoli/Marianne Pousseur
Ismène
© © Michel Boermans ©
Ismène
Text, Yannis Ritsos
Music, Georges Aperghis
Concept, Marianne Pousseur, Enrico Bagnoli
Staging, lLight design and direction, Enrico Bagnoli
Dramaturgy, co-direction, Guy Cassiers
Sound design, Diederik De Cock
with, Marianne Pousseur
Production Compagnie Khroma
Coproduction with Théâtre de la Place /Liège ; le Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg ; Théâtre de la Balsamine/Bruxelles ;
With the support of Ministère de la Communauté Française Wallonie - Bruxelles , Service du Théâtre et de Wallonie - Bruxelles International
Corealisation Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Returning to Greek tragedy, Georges Aperghis has chosen Ismene, written with and for Marianne Pousseur. Ismene, daughter/sister of Oedipus, daughter/grand-daughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone is a human figure: she does not defy the fates, but is merely a spectator. Yannis Ritsos presents Ismene reminiscing many years later, singing a solo opera in French and “Greek” sounds invented by Aperghis.