Organization

Admin

National Theatre Prague

Conductor

Stephanie Childress

Orchestra

Ópera Checa de Praga

Video designer

Valeriia Riazanova

Costume designer

Marianna Stránská

Choreographer

Jan Adam

Singer

Vanda Šípová

Soprano I

Pavla Radostová

Soprano II

Martiniana Antonie

Mezzo-Soprano

Logan Lopez Gonzalez

Countertenor

William Morgan

Tenor

French

Ogres

Prague

Czech Republic

Divadlo Bez zábradlí

Public

Matias Vergara Moyano

Approved

The scenic oratorio OGRES  delivers our audiences a universal story of hatred and violence inflicted upon people. While the individual narratives may not adhere to the unity of time, place, and action, they still present a chillingly truthful and coherent testament to the absence of love, understanding, and tolerance towards the most natural aspects of human beings. OGRES tells the tale of Evil, against whose dark backdrop takes center stage amidst tears and pain, courage, love, and hope.

The oratorio unfolds through individual scenes, each seemingly connected thematically, yet their cohesion is more associative than presented though a strict narrative. Each vignette is an artistic rendering of an actual event taking place across various corners of the globe and recorded between 2010 to 2016. The journey begins in South Korea, traverses across France, the USA, Brazil, Iran, Uganda, Bulgaria, and finally in Russia. The playwriting brilliance of Yann Verburgh infuses the text with a blend of documentary sobriety and brutal poetics, having already earned the author multiple literary accolades.

Creatives

Libretto
Yann Verburgh

Video design
Valeriia Riazanova

Costumes
Marianna Stránská

Movement coach
Jan Adam

English

Ogres by Voseček, From (2024/2024), Conductor Stephanie Childress, Divadlo Bez zábradlí, Prague, Czech Republic

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