Music Theatre

Madrigals

Utopian enthusiasm by Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

Claudio Monteverdi
Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Doon Kanda
Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
Concept & direction
Wouter Deltour
Musical direction & co-composer
Louise Van den Eede
Dramaturgy & research
Zaza Dupont & Bart van Merode
Scenography and light design
Koi Persyn
Co-curator artworks
Sophia Rodriguez
Choreography
Pieter Theuns
Musical coaching
Rosanne Groenendijk
Voice coaching
Marc Beshibari
Shibari coaching
Hanako Hayakawa, Alice Giuliani, Els Mondelaers, Lucie Plasschaert, Khaled Barghouthi, Clément Corrillon, Victor Dumont, Antonio Fajardo
Dancers
Sara DeCorso, Madoka Nakamura, Ellie Nimeroski, Blanca Prieto Acera, David Wish, Wouter Deltour, Pieter Theuns
Musicians/quartet
Sanam Khatibi, Justin Fitzpatrick, Thomas Renwart, Anthony Ngoya, Gilles Dusong, Christiane Blattmann, Daan Couzijn, Che Go Eun, Tom Hallet, Nokukhanya Langa, Tristan Bründler
Visual artists
Filip Anthonissen
Video
Kasia Mielczarek
Costumes
Charles Dhondt
Teaser & Making off
Thibaut Lampe
Photography cave
Muziektheater Transparant

The inexhaustible simplicity of our possibilities. A multifaceted choir no longer sings with the wind, but goes back to a formless beginning, where all the meanings of love and conflict can still take shape.

Director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe stages Monteverdi’s Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi with utopian enthusiasm. In an ancient grotto, the singing and dancing of the performers shares equal prominence with new symbols and contemporary artworks. Present, past and future thus merge into a single point, a zero point.

Monteverdi's music is the perfect soundtrack to an hour-and-a-half-long ritual where our humanity itself is addressed and celebrated.
Chantal Pattyn
The beats alternating with the classical performance of Monteverdi work wonderfully here.
Pzazz
In the 23/24 season, B'Rock's artistic family member Zoé Komkommer translates our programmes into her own language, based on associations and triggers she encounters in our musical plans. This is the artwork that she made for Notwehr.
Past shows
January 25, 2025 Saturday 19:30
Porto, PT Teatro Municipal
January 24, 2025 Friday 19:30
Porto, PT Teatro Municipal
April 9, 2024 Tuesday 20:15
Breda, NL Chassé Theater
July 26, 2023 Wednesday 21:00
Vienna, AT ImPulsTanz - Volkstheater
July 24, 2023 Monday 21:00
Vienna, AT ImPulsTanz - Volkstheater
May 12, 2023 Friday 20:30
Strasbourg, FR Le Maillon
May 11, 2023 Thursday 20:30
Strasbourg, FR Le Maillon
April 15, 2023 Saturday 20:00
Paris, FR La Villette
April 14, 2023 Friday 20:00
Paris, FR La Villette
April 5, 2023 Wednesday 20:00
Douai, FR Tandem / Hippodrôme
April 4, 2023 Tuesday 20:00
Douai, FR Tandem / Hippodrôme
October 30, 2022 Sunday 20:00
Antwerpen, BE Bourla Schouwburg, Toneelhuis
October 29, 2022 Saturday 20:00
Antwerpen, BE Bourla Schouwburg, Toneelhuis
September 27, 2022 Tuesday 21:00
Rome, IT Teatro Argentina (Roma Europa Festival)
May 28, 2022 Saturday 20:30
Rotterdam, NL TR Schouwburg (O. Festival)
March 19, 2022 Saturday 20:00
Brugge, BE Concertgebouw
January 23, 2022 Sunday 15:00
Antwerpen, BE DE SINGEL
January 22, 2022 Saturday 20:00
Antwerpen, BE DE SINGEL
January 21, 2022 Friday 20:00
Antwerp, BE DE SINGEL