Organization

Singer

Soprano

Lore Binon

Vigdis

Baritone

Vincenzo Neri

David

Shipowner

Embriachi

Amel Brahim-Djelloul

Chaperon

Agatha

Mezzo-soprano

Françoise Atlan

Lutgardis

fake Messiah

Tenor

Daniel Arnaldos

Celebrant

Luvuyo Mbundu

Rabbi Obadiah Gudbrandr

Bass

Guido Jentjens

Rabbi Todros

Stage director

Hans Op de Beeck

Conductor

Koen Kessels

Lighting designer

Peter Quasters

Costume designer

Set designer

Dramaturge

Koen Bollen

Chorus master

Jan Schweiger

Electronics

Jorrit Tamminga

Urbanus

Gudbrandr

Children’s Chorus Master

Hendrik Derolez

Commander

Second Desert Woman

First Armoured Man

Raymond

Swindler

Priest

Second Armoured Man

First Desert Woman

Innkeeper

Elisa Soster

Muziektheater Transparant

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Opéra de Rouen Normandie

Others

Kinderkoor Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Choeur Opéra Vlaanderen

Stadskoor Madame Fortuna

Orchestra

Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Symphony Orchestra Opera Ballet Flanders

English

The Convert

Ghent

Belgium

Opera Gent (Operagebouw)

Antwerp

Opera Antwerp

The Convert Henderickx

Public

Approved

Henderickx THE CONVERT | Embriachi

'Pray. But to whom.' With these concise words, Stefan Hertmans summarizes the inner struggle of his title heroine in his erudite and haunting novel De convertinge. Hertmans created Vigdis Adelaïs a very strong woman who, at the time of the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century, was torn between her Christian upbringing and the Jewish faith, to which she converted for her beloved, after which she took the name Hamoutal. The Convert tells the story of a young mother who, in times of religious violence, is the victim of a pogrom and tragically perishes in her search for her kidnapped children.

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