THE GOLDEN STOOL
Gorges Ocloo
September 19th 2024 · 7.30 pm
Teatre Martín i Soler
THE GOLDEN STOOL
Gorges Ocloo 1988
AfrOpera
Libretto by Gorges Ocloo and Josse De Pauw
Gorges Ocloo is a multidisciplinary creator of African origin. He
studied in Brussels and has been artist-in-residence at the LOD
muziektheater in Ghent since 2020. His latest project, The Golden
Stool, is a production brimming with colour, music and dance, based
on pieces from our Western musical tradition. Ten women, among them
soprano Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga and mezzo-soprano
Nonkululeko Nkwinti, perform arias from operas such as Carmen and
Rinaldo, the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and The
Blue Danube, in versions that sound fresh and steeped in the
striking sounds and rhythms of African music.
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Creative Team
Conductor, set designer, video designer
Gorges Ocloo
Costume designer
Gorges Ocloo, Kasia Mielczarek
Lighting designer
Pino Etz & Gilles Roosen
Sound designer
Víctor Hidalgo
Dramaturgy
Josse De Pauw
Cast
Soprano
Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasanga
Mezzosoprano
Nonkululeko Nkwinti
Choir, dance, percussion
Doris Bokongo Nkumu, Nathalie Bokongo Nkumu,
Gloria Abena Biney, Titilayo Oliha, Saar-Niragire De Groof, Briana
Stuart, Maïmouna Badjie, Somalia Williamson
In collaboration with Festival ENSEMS
Production from LOD muziektheater & Toneelhuis in co-production with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen & O. Festival Rotterdam, with the support of ENOA
