Nenia: Lessons in Farewells
Revue Blanche & Katharina Smets
How do you deal with the death of a loved one? What does it mean to live on in the presence of absence? Is there hope to be found in memory, in the arts, in the encounter with the other? And is every goodbye really a new beginning? After the compelling Misia, the ensemble Revue Blanche is creating a new performance with audio artist Katharina Smets. Nenia - literally ‘song for the dead’ - is somewhere between a concert, radio play and sound poem. Composer Frederik Neyrinck is writing a brand-new score, custom-tailored for this unique quintet. In doing so, he was inspired by Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo, about the mythical poet-singer who descends into the underworld to retrieve his beloved. Katharina Smets, the four musicians and videographer Lise Bruyneel guide the listener through a magical-realist world between dream and parable, darkness and light.
There will be a free introduction by Katherina Lindekens at 14:00 in the foyer of the city theatre.
REVUE BLANCHE:
Lore Binon – soprano
Caroline Peeters – flute
Kris Hellemans – viola
Anouk Sturtewagen – harp
Katharina Smets – audio, voice, text
Frederik Neyrinck – composition
Lise Bruyneel – video
Katherina Lindekens – dramaturgy
Jannes Dierynck – technical support
RE Antwerp – costums
27.04.2025
15:00 — 16:15
tickets 30% concert
30% theatre
30% audio documentary
10% farewell
Location
City Theatre
Tickets
20 euro (-26: 12 euro)