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Women in War - Contemporary Opera by Tassos Ioannides
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WOMEN IN WAR - A Contemporary Opera on War, Love and Hope
Music Score by: Tassos Ioannides
Libretto by: Deborah Parsons
Directed by: Alkinos Tsilimidos
Three women. Three cultures. One voice.
Women in War is a contemporary opera composed by Tassos Ioannides, on a libretto written by Deborah Parsons and directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. The work blends musical styles, rhythms, cultural nuances and emotional expressions, delving into the contrasting mindsets of the three women protagonists.
Using a cinematic approach, the narrative unfolds in twenty-one scenes, deviating significantly from the traditional opera form. A 110-minute large scale work combining a symphonic score with two songs in Turkish and one song in Greek, a chorus as commentator/observer, with dramatic music and movement as in ancient Greek drama, a cast of international artists deliver a work of truly culturally diverse synthesis.
Appearing: Caitlin Spears, Berna Anil, Irini Tzanetoulakou - a cast of 12 singers/actors
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"Perhaps it's time that women took control
Let's see how these three women of Troy
Behave when love and loss and death alloy"
- Chorus, libretto excerpt
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The Story
Clarice a patriotic, albeit naive, Australian nurse is keen to “do her bit” for king and country. She also eagerly anticipates seeing her fiancé Ernest, based on the island of Lemnos. Ernest is furious with Clarice for joining up. War is no place for a woman! Clarice is shaken by Ernest’s reaction and by his cynicism. Gone is the fervent, committed soldier she once knew. Confronted by the brutal reality of war, Clarice soon becomes disillusioned herself. The couple make up, and when Clarice finds she will be sent away, they decide to marry on the island. The story of Clarice and Ernest is inspired by the true story of a couple who married on Lemnos during the Gallipoli Campaign/Battle of Çanakkale in 1915.
Yeliz has travelled from Anatolia to the Gallipoli Peninsula to find her only son Metehan. Her husband, wounded by the Greeks two years earlier in the first Balkan War, has just died. She does not want to lose Metehan too. She will do whatever it takes to save her boy. When Yeliz is refused access to the battlefields because she is a woman, she cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a water boy. As she searches for Metehan among the dead on the battlefields, she is shocked by the senseless waste of human life. Found badly wounded by Ernest, Metehan is taken to the Australian hospital on Lemnos. Yeliz gives herself up as a prisoner of war and is taken to Lemnos, where she reveals she is a woman in search of her wounded son.
Polyxeni is a Lemnian war widow. Her husband was killed in the first Balkan War, leaving her alone to run the local café and bring up her daughter Myrina. With few young men left after the war, a dowry is Polyxeni’s only chance of finding Myrina a husband. While Polyxeni welcomes the money she makes from the soldiers in her little café, she does not trust them around her daughter, especially the lascivious Orderly. Clarice helps Polyxeni by finding Myrina work at the hospital.
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© 2015 ARTEK Productions ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
© 2015 SELINA Productions ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Music Score by: Tassos Ioannides
Libretto by: Deborah Parsons
Directed by: Alkinos Tsilimidos
Three women. Three cultures. One voice.
Women in War is a contemporary opera composed by Tassos Ioannides, on a libretto written by Deborah Parsons and directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. The work blends musical styles, rhythms, cultural nuances and emotional expressions, delving into the contrasting mindsets of the three women protagonists.
Using a cinematic approach, the narrative unfolds in twenty-one scenes, deviating significantly from the traditional opera form. A 110-minute large scale work combining a symphonic score with two songs in Turkish and one song in Greek, a chorus as commentator/observer, with dramatic music and movement as in ancient Greek drama, a cast of international artists deliver a work of truly culturally diverse synthesis.
Appearing: Caitlin Spears, Berna Anil, Irini Tzanetoulakou - a cast of 12 singers/actors
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"Perhaps it's time that women took control
Let's see how these three women of Troy
Behave when love and loss and death alloy"
- Chorus, libretto excerpt
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The Story
Clarice a patriotic, albeit naive, Australian nurse is keen to “do her bit” for king and country. She also eagerly anticipates seeing her fiancé Ernest, based on the island of Lemnos. Ernest is furious with Clarice for joining up. War is no place for a woman! Clarice is shaken by Ernest’s reaction and by his cynicism. Gone is the fervent, committed soldier she once knew. Confronted by the brutal reality of war, Clarice soon becomes disillusioned herself. The couple make up, and when Clarice finds she will be sent away, they decide to marry on the island. The story of Clarice and Ernest is inspired by the true story of a couple who married on Lemnos during the Gallipoli Campaign/Battle of Çanakkale in 1915.
Yeliz has travelled from Anatolia to the Gallipoli Peninsula to find her only son Metehan. Her husband, wounded by the Greeks two years earlier in the first Balkan War, has just died. She does not want to lose Metehan too. She will do whatever it takes to save her boy. When Yeliz is refused access to the battlefields because she is a woman, she cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a water boy. As she searches for Metehan among the dead on the battlefields, she is shocked by the senseless waste of human life. Found badly wounded by Ernest, Metehan is taken to the Australian hospital on Lemnos. Yeliz gives herself up as a prisoner of war and is taken to Lemnos, where she reveals she is a woman in search of her wounded son.
Polyxeni is a Lemnian war widow. Her husband was killed in the first Balkan War, leaving her alone to run the local café and bring up her daughter Myrina. With few young men left after the war, a dowry is Polyxeni’s only chance of finding Myrina a husband. While Polyxeni welcomes the money she makes from the soldiers in her little café, she does not trust them around her daughter, especially the lascivious Orderly. Clarice helps Polyxeni by finding Myrina work at the hospital.
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© 2015 ARTEK Productions ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
© 2015 SELINA Productions ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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