INTOLLERANZA 1960 - Jukstapoz

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- JUKSTA Company was founded in 2010 by choreographers Christine Gouzelis and Paul Blackman. What began as a creative partnership has since evolved into an internationally recognised company, known for its bold choreographic language and multidisciplinary collaborations.
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INTOLLERANZA 1960

SALZBURG FESTSPIELE 2021
Freunde der Salzburger Festspiele e.V. Bad Reichenhall

Intolleranza 1960 is an opera that provides more questions than answers. Can it in fact be called an opera at all? Or does it offer a statement of much greater importance? Nono wrote Intolleranza 1960, seen as his debut in the world of theatre, following a commission for the 24th International Festival of Contemporary Music at the Venice Biennale, where it had its premiere at the Teatro La Fenice 60 years ago. It was considered one of the most striking pieces of music in the history of the post-war avant-garde and a culminating work of Nono’s first artistic period. It tells of an anonymous emigrant who returns to his native land. On his journey, he finds himself in the midst of a protest and, although innocent, is arrested, tortured and imprisoned in a concentration camp. His longing for home becomes an urge for freedom. He succeeds in escaping, but fate strikes when a tidal wave causes a humanitarian disaster.

( excerpts from ) - Elke Janssens -

Conductor
Ingo Metzmacher
Direction
Jan Lauwers
Choreography
Jan Lauwers, Paul Blackman
Costume Designer
Lot Lemm
Sound Designer
Paul Jeukendrup
Lighting Designer
Ken Hioco
Dramaturgy
Elke Janssens, Kasia Tórz
Set Designer
Jan Lauwers
Rehearsal Assistants
Ulla Wentenschuh, EMily Hehl
Photographer
Maarten Varden Abeele
Cast
Sean Panikkar Un emigrante Sarah Maria Sun La sua compagna Anna Maria Chiuri Una donna Antonio Yang Un algerino Musa Ngqungwana Un torturato Sung-Im Her, Misha Downey, Victor Lauwers, Yonier Camilo Mejia (Needcompany) Performance and solo dance In cooperation with Needcompany ENSEMBLES Dancers of BODHI PROJECT and SEAD — Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic