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Penelope Sleeps

Penelope Sleeps (2019) was an opera production by Mette Edvardsen and Matteo Fargion in collaboration with Kaaitheater, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, BUDA, Black Box Teater, Rosendal Theatre, BIT Teatergarasjen, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen in Normandie oand apap-Performing Europe 2020. The text was written by Mette Edvardsen and the music by Matteo Fargion. The production had its premiere at Kaaitheater in Brussels in May 2019, and has since been performed at Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Stamsund International Theatre Festival, Almost Summer, BUDA in Kortrijk, Ultima Contemporary Music Festival at Black Box Teater in Oslo and at Meteor, BIT in Bergen.

Information

(Objekt ID 93350)
Object type Production
Premiere May 10, 2019
Produced by Mette Edvardsen/Athome
Coproducers Black Box Teater, BIT Teatergarasjen, Rosendal Teater
Audience Adults
Keywords Opera, Theatre
Running period May 10, 2019  
Website Black Box Teater , BIT Teatergarasjen
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At the webpage of Black Box Teater the following, among other things, is written about Penelope Sleeps:

"Throughout Homer’s Odyssey, the hero’s wife Penelope stays at home while her husband returns from the Trojan war. Her long wait, refusing other men’s advances, and passing the time by weaving, is one of the inspirations behind Penelope Sleeps, an opera in essay form by Mette Edvardsen and Matteo Fargion. By 'essay', the artists intend to present a performance in which opera is the starting point, without any of its traditional grand gestures and narrative.

Penelope Sleeps is less a re-telling of an important part of The Odyssey, but more about the abstract relationship between voice and music, space and scale. Edvardsen's interest in language, and choreography and music as language, leads her to explore Penelope's inner voice and interior world, a mythical doorway to a place beyond narrative and destiny."

SOURCES:

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 20.08.2019

Oslo National Academy of the Arts, www.khio.no, 24.10.19, https://khio.no/events/913

Black Box Teater, www.blackbox.no, 24.10.19, https://blackbox.no/tittel/penelope-sleeps/

Contributors (2)
Name Role
Mette Edvardsen – Choreography
Matteo Fargion – Composition
Performance dates
October 18, 2019 21:00 – KODE 2, Stenersen Show
October 17, 2019 21:00 – KODE 2, Stenersen Show
September 13, 2019 20:00 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
May 10, 2019Kaaitheater Worldwide premiere
Festivals (2)
METEOR October 17, 2019
Ultima September 13, 2019