KALÎLA WA DIMNA كليلة ودمنة
An opera by Moneim Adwan
Libretto by Fady Jomar and Catherine Verlaguet, inspired by The Book "Kalila and Dimna", attributed to Ibn al-Muqaffa'. Originally it comes from Hindu Panchatantra (300 AD). In the year 570 it was translated to Pahlavi and later to Syriac.
Commissioned by the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence World premiere
Conductor
Zied Zouari
Stage Director
Olivier
Letellier
Stage designer
Eric Charbeau
et Philippe Casaban
Costume designer
Nathalie
Prats
Lighting designer
Sébastien
Revel
Artistic Associate
Leah Hausman
Stage Director
Assistant
Sacha Todorov
Cast
Kalîla
Ranine Chaar
Dimna
Moneim Adwan
Le Roi
Mohamed
Jebali
La Mère du Roi
Reem Talhami
Chatraba
Jean Chahid
Musicians
Violin
Zied Zouari
Cello
Yassir
Bousselam*
Clarinet
Selahattin
Kabaci*
Qanun
Abdulsamet
Çelikel*
Percussion
Wassim Halal
NEW
PRODUCTION OF THE FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE AND THE ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
A
COPRODUCTION WITH THE OPÉRA DE LILLE, OPÉRA DE DIJON
WITH THE
SUPPORT OF THE ABU DHABI FESTIVAL
Video courtesy of ARTE
Filmed live at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume in the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
10.07.2016
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