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"Only the sound remains" brings together two short operas, Always Strong and Feather Mantle, inspired by two plays from Japanese No theatre: Tsunemasa and Hagoromo.
Only the sound remains
Opera in two parts
Music Kaija Saariaho
Libretto Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa
Conductor Ernest Martínez
Director Peter Sellars
Spirit, Angel Philippe Jaroussky
Priest, Fisherman Davone Tines
Danseuse Nora Kimball‑Mentzos
Quatuor à cordes Meta4
Kantele Eija Kankaanranta
Flûte Camilla Hoitenga
Percussion Heikki Parviainen
Quatuor vocal Theatre of Voices
Set design Julie Mehretu
Costume design Robby Duiveman
Lighting design James F. Ingalls
Sound Christophe Lebreton
Coproduced with Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Teatro real in Madrid, Finnish National Opera in Helsinki
In English with French and English surtitles
Only the sound remains, Palais Garnier, Paris: 23 January-7 February 2018