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About the production
From 2017 to 2023, Marie Hamard performs Zefka in this Muziektheater Transparant production directed by Ivo van Hove. The production tours internationally, with performances in Brussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Lyon, Rome, Brno, Reggio Emilia, Beijing, Brooklyn, London, Dijon and Montpellier.
Production details
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček · Annelies Van Parys
- Role
- Zefka
- Libretto / text
- Josef Kalda · nouvelle composition : Annelies Van Parys
- Stage director
- Ivo van Hove
- Production
- Muziektheater Transparant — coproduction internationale
Video
The Diary of One Who Disappeared — Zefka
Gallery
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Synopsis
A young peasant, Janik, falls under Zefka’s spell and chooses to leave his family and village to follow her. Ivo van Hove turns Janáček’s song cycle into intimate music theatre, extended by new music from Annelies Van Parys that gives Zefka a voice and perspective of her own.