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Ombra

Ghent Opera House, Ghent, Belgium
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Important Info
Type: Modern Ballet
City: Ghent, Belgium
Starts at: 20:00
Duration: 2h

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Overview

Alain Platel brings together choir members, dancers and orchestral musicians for a new performance that puts encounters at centre stage.

‘Never was a shade of a tree so lovely...’, it says in Händel’s famous aria ‘Ombra mai fu’. Alain Platel and visual artist Berlinde De Bruyckere take inspiration from the shade of a tree as a meeting place, as a place where people all over the world and throughout history come together to rest, meet or discuss problems. De Bruyckere’s poetic world of images seems to share a kinship with Platel’s universe.

After the overwhelming success of C(H)OEURS 2022, Platel once again invites the chorus members, dancers and orchestral musicians of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen to join a creative dialogue. Together with singer and performer TK Russell and guest choreographers Mélanie Lomoff and Luis Marrafa, they create the performance Ombra. Composer Steven Prengels is developing a new orchestral score in which he interweaves well-known classical masterpieces by the likes of Händel, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven into new layers of meaning.

Coproduction with laGeste

Venue Info

Ghent Opera House - Ghent
Location   Schouwburgstraat 3

The Ghent Opera House dates from 1840 and boasts an atmosphere of wealth and luxury. In the first half of the 19th century, rich Ghent industrialists initiated the building of a new and luxurious opera house. It was meant to be the showcase for their newly acquired wealth and no expense was spared. In the splendid horseshoe-shaped theatre, being seen was just as important as seeing.

Three elegant salons form an impressive 90-meter long enfilade, allowing each salon to be used separately or in combination.

The Foyer is ideal for coffee breaks, lunches and break out sessions.

The Redoute Salon is an intimate oval room, perfect for both seated and walking dinners or receptions.

The Lully Hall was conceived as a concert hall. With its chandeliers, paintings and opulent gold interior, it harks back to the 19th-century origins of the building. It is an ideal room for seated dinners or receptions.

The auditorium is a horseshoe-shaped bonbonière with excellent acoustics and technical facilities.

Important Info
Type: Modern Ballet
City: Ghent, Belgium
Starts at: 20:00
Duration: 2h
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