Recital (for Cathy)
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Thu 18 Sep 202520:15 - 21:35Grote Zaal
Program
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
By Michel Khalifa
20.15 / Grote Zaal / Main program
Karmit Fadael The Usual
Luciano Berio Recital I (for Cathy)
Credits
Het Muziek
Silbersee
Eleonore Lemaire soprano
Gregory Charette conductor
Noortje van den Eijnde visuals
Romain Bischoff director
Bowie Verschuuren videographer
Romain Bischoff, Fedor Teunisse concept
In 2025, we celebrate the 100th birthday of the Italian avant-gardist Luciano Berio. To mark this occasion, Het Muziek (formerly known as Asko|Schönberg) and Silbersee are presenting a new version of Berio’s Recital I (for Cathy), in which the soprano enters a hallucinatory state of mind. The music theatre performance blends live vocals with film projections and real-time video capture of both backstage and onstage.
Berio wrote this Recital for his first wife, the American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian. Soprano Eleonore Lemaire delivers an astounding rendition of this dramatic masterwork, featuring quotations from composers such as Monteverdi, Schubert and Donizetti. In her new work The Usual, composer Karmit Fadael explores the disruptive impact of seemingly harmless microaggressions in a sharp and theatrical way. With humor and a nod to Berio, she reveals in this thought-provoking music theatre piece how subtle glances and remarks can cut deep.
This concert will be broadcast live by NTR on NPO Klassiek
Programme booklet (Dutch)
