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Brahms sings of humanity, and David Bobée gives it a face. In a powerful staging where the wounds of the world meet the fervor of music, this German Requiem moves and enlightens in equal measure.

In 2022, their collaboration on Beethoven’s Fidelio left a lasting impression. Stage director David Bobée reunites with Laurence Equilbey and Insula orchestra for Ein deutsches Requiem. Johannes Brahms described his Requiem as a “human requiem”, universal before religious. David Bobée imagines a striking staging marked by the visual power of a smoking airplane fuselage crashed to the ground. Today’s concerns echo through the dark romanticism of Brahms.

This concert is interpreted in period instruments.

Distribution

Eleanor Lyons

soprano

John Brancy

baritone

accentus

Insula orchestra

Laurence Equilbey

conductor

David Bobée

stage direction

David Bobée et Léa Jézéquel

scenography

Mayuko Tsukiji et Samuel Bobée

costumes

Wojtek Doroszuk

video

Franck Krawczyk

musical arrangements

Stéphane Babi-Aubert et Léo Courpotin

lighting

Jean-Noël Françoise

sound