A women enters a temple. A dense and short opera about the conflicts between inner and outer space, about femininty, praying, believing, faith, about the disconnection between heart and reason and finally about running away…
fragment
DEZE DOCHTER heeft geen kleren (2008), mini-opera
recorded by Jason Alder at 8th of january 2009, Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam
STAGING: Anna van Diepen | WOMEN: Annelien van Binsbergen | TENOR: Matevz Kajdiz | Bartone: Rick Zwart | CONTRA BASSOON:Florian Krouwel | thanks to Anthony Heidweiller and to the Dutch National Opera (De Nederlandse Opera)
some of the text’s are based upon fragments of chinese poetry, 10th century b.C.
(translated into Dutch by W. L. Idema
translated into English by F. de Backere)
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de brug over de Qi ____________ by the bridge over the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen rok _______this daughter has no skirt
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de voorde in de Qi ____________ by the ford through the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen gordel____this daughter has no belt
daar sluipt de sluwe vos __________the sly fox sneaks there
bij de oever van de Qi ____________by the bank of the Qi
de zorgen van mijn hart __________the worries of my heart
deze dochter heeft geen kleren_____this daughter has no clothes
| all rights remain with Florian J. de Backere | Amsterdam | 2008 |