An adulterated soprano extols the virtues of asphalt, insults her mother and concocts a recipe for boiled tomatoes. She is met by a sassy percussionist who clashes a thousand everyday objects, making coins jingle, a case resonate and bird calls crackle. In unison, they dance a chachacha in pyjamas and Bermuda shorts. Contemporary music has never been so funny!
Ensemble Sillages, director Emily Wilson and composers Francesco Filidei and Jacques Rebotier invent a cabinet of absurdities filled with sonic gags and vocal mischief, in complicity with singer Jeanne Crousaud and percussionist Hélène Colombotti. Based on an original idea by Jeanne Crousaud.
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Emily Wilson director
Oria Puppo set design, costumes, lighting, video
Jeanne Crousaud soprano
Hélène Colombotti percussion
Francesco Filidei poetry based on texts by Federico Maria Sardelli
Jacques Rebotier
Ensemble Sillages
Sets and costumes made in the workshops of the Opéra de Rennes.