Café de Verlossing
An imaginative opera of wandering souls
Silbersee (NL)
In a village where the youth has left, an unusual café has moved into the local church. Boring and silent? Nothing could be further from the truth! Rumour has it that ‘eternal youth’ can be found in this church. Is one declared immortal here, or forever young?
Discover Café de Verlossing: a unique show with music inspired by works by Debussy, Rammstein and famous French Chansons, and where even the game of shuffleboard and the cooking of pub soup are turned into music.
All this is brought to life by an extraordinary cast of Rotterdam seniors, composer Akim Moïseenkov, singers Fanny Alofs and Florian Slangen, percussionist Baue Kunstman and the Café Choir of ‘forgotten old souls’.
Concept & regie: Romain Bischoff, bewegingscoach & artistiek assistent: Juliette van Ingen, regie assistent: Florian Slangen, libretto: Jibbe Willems, compositie: Akim Moiseenkov, zangdocent: Fanny Alofs, geluidsontwerp & technisch producent: Maurits Thiel, lichtontwerp: Niels Kingma, scenografie: Douwe Hibma, kostuums: Bart Hess, eerste productieleider: O., festival productieleider: Diogo Marques, impact programma: Isabel Sheridan, geluidstechniek: Maurits Thiel, Wouter Snoei, lichttechniek: Niels Kingma, fotografie: Bowie Verschuuren
Cast LEVEN
Annie Abbenhues, Fanny Alofs, Sulamie Helmy, Joke Hoogeboom, Kristien Jansen, Donneke Jansonius, Teake Jansonius, Marja Klomp, Baue Kunstman, Julia Licumahuwa, Ron Moed, Akim Moiseenkov, Wilma Schilte, Florian Slangen, Fee Suzanne de Ruiter, Jetty Tauwnaar, Kirsten Visser, ‘De Dood’ en het Cafékoor van ‘vergeten oude zielen’
Cast PROOSTEN
Fanny Alofs, Marjan Dolsma, Yvonne van Herkhuizen, Brigit van den Heuvel, Donneke Jansonius, Nely Koetsier, Baue Kunstman, Emmy Licumahuwa, Julia Licumahuwa, Silvana Martins, Ingrid Maes, Akim Moiseenkov, Anton van Nieuwenhuysen, Nel Pical, Florian Slangen, Fee Suzanne de Ruiter, Simon Versnel, ‘De Dood’ en het Cafékoor van ‘vergeten oude zielen’
