AROUND EL CIMARRÓN
- Moderator Anne Le Berre, dramaturge at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
- Languages In French and English
- Video available for replay until Wednesday, June 30, 2027
- Photo © BEN WULF / DR / DR
Based on the extraordinary life story of Esteban Montejo, born into slavery in Cuba at the end of the nineteenth century, later a marrón (runaway slave), and eventually a fighter in the island’s struggle for independence, El Cimarrón raises the question of the musical and theatrical representation of enslaved people. Reflecting on the role of opera in shaping memories of slavery, particularly through models inherited from the operatic traditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this roundtable explores the contemporary resonances of Hans Werner Henze’s work.
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF: Elayce Ismail (stage director), Marie-Claude Bottius (musicologist) and Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther (guitarist)
The event is supported by the Foundation for the Memory of Slavery