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Opéras
Content warning: contains depictions of gun violence, mentions of homophobia, transphobia, self-harm, attempted suicide, memory loss, illness, death, and violence
Julie d'Aubigny (1673-1707), more often known by her stage name "Mademoiselle Maupin," was a queer and gender non-conforming opera singer. She was a mezzo-soprano, and sang some of ...
Julie d'Aubigny (1673-1707), more often known by her stage name "Mademoiselle Maupin," was a queer and gender non-conforming opera singer. She was a mezzo-soprano, and sang some of ...
Musique : Colin McMahon
Livret : Camille Rogers
Avertissement de contenu : erreur de genre, mentions d'agression sexuelle et de violence implicite
Chrysaor and Pegasus, children of the gorgon Medusa, have been living with their aunts Euryale and Stheno. They receive a message from their dead mother telling the story of her assault and murder by their father Poseidon. Rejecting his mother’s family, Chrysaor g...
Chrysaor and Pegasus, children of the gorgon Medusa, have been living with their aunts Euryale and Stheno. They receive a message from their dead mother telling the story of her assault and murder by their father Poseidon. Rejecting his mother’s family, Chrysaor g...
Musique : Colin McMahon
Livret : Charlie Petch
Glimmer attempts to address the urgent matters and seemingly irreconcilable coexisting realities at the core of queer existence through multiple frames and lenses. Taking full advantage of an all-queer cast of performers, with whom the piece was developed organically through a series of discussions and workshops, this work intertwines the autobi...
Musique : Thierry Tidrow
Livret : Thierry Tidrow
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Extraits
L'interprète chante un poème d'Aphra Behn (1640-1689) sur un amant queer androgyne.
La Maupin se présente au public et partage quelques-unes des rumeurs qui circulent à son sujet.
Maupin raconte l'histoire d'une histoire d'amour scandaleuse de sa jeunesse, culminant par une évasion audacieuse d'un couvent.
Maupin monte sur la scène de l'Opéra de Paris.
Maupin défie en duel un noble grossier.
Maupin se souvient de son idylle avec la comtesse de Florensac.
L'interprète fait écho aux lignes poétiques du Prologue, réfléchissant au sens de l'histoire de Maupin.
Pegasus raconte un rêve dans lequel leur mère Medusa leur demande de retrouver sa tête coupée. Ils réfléchissent aux circonstances déchirantes de leur naissance et à leur relation avec leur frère Chrysaor et leur père Poseidon.
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