KALÎLA WA DIMNA كليلة ودمنة

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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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