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Powder Her Face at Les Halles de Schaerbeek

Dates: (9/22/2016 - 10/3/2016 )

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Les Halles de Schaerbeek


22a, rue Royale Sainte-Marie
Brussels,Brussels 1030

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Phone: +32 (0)2 229 12 11

Tickets: €69.00 - €112.00

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‘You could have a blow job aria – begins with words, ends with humming.’ Using the story of a public scandal, the librettist Philip Hensher inspired the 23-year-old British composer Thomas Adès to portray the fall of the libertine and notorious socialite beauty the Duchess of Argyll, remembered in history as the Dirty Duchess. Powder Her Face is inspired by a sex scandal in 1963 that shocked the British upper class. Thomas Adès’ playful score offers a camp version of popular idioms of cabaret, musicals, and tango, while paying homage to Berg and Stravinsky. This is Alejo Pérez’s first time at La Monnaie. He will be joined by the renowned opera and film director Mariusz Treli?ski in a critique of middle-class moral conventions. ‘Be discrete, be good, be brutal,’ sings this female incarnation of Don Juan.

Cast and Creative team for Powder Her Face at Les Halles de Schaerbeek

Music direction ¦ Alejo Pérez
Director ¦ Mariusz Trelinski
Set design ¦ Boris Kudlicka
Costumes ¦ Marek Adamski
Lighting ¦ Felice Ross
Video ¦ Bartek Macias
Dramaturgy ¦ Krystian Lada
Choreography ¦ Tomasz Wygoda
Duchess ¦ Allison Cook
Hotel Manager, Duke, Laundryman, Other guest ¦ Peter Coleman-Wright
Electrician, Lounge Lizard, Waiter, Priest, Rubbernecker, Delivery boy ¦ Leonardo Capalbo
Maid, Confidante, Waitress, Mistress, Rubbernecker, Society journalist ¦ Kerstin Avemo
Orchestra ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
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