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Only the Sound Remains: Opéra National de Paris

About the Event

Discover two new short operas based on the plays from Japanese No theater and music by Kaija Saariaho, both directed by renowned theater director Peter Sellars starring Philippe Jaroussky and Davone Tines.

Heavenly sounds and voices coalesce on stage during the two performances of Only the Sound Remains, accompanied by the timbre of the lute, the movements of dance and the intangible noise of the wind.

In English with French and English surtitles

Cast / Production

Music: Kaija Saariaho
Libretto: Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa after two pieces of japanese theater: Tsunemasa, Hagoromo

Conductor: Ernest Martínez
Director: Peter Sellars
Set design: Julie Mehretu
Costume design: Robby Duiveman
Lighting design: James F. Ingalls
Sound: Christophe Lebreton

Spirit, Angel: Philippe Jaroussky
Priest, Fisherman: Davone Tines
Dancer: Nora Kimball‑Mentzos

String quartet: Meta4
Kantele: Eija Kankaanranta
Flute: Camilla Hoitenga
Percussion: Heikki Parviainen
Vocal quartet: Theatre of Voices

Commission and coproduction with the Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Teatro Real, Madrid, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki

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