For more than three centuries, new operas have been born in the heart of Brussels, a tradition we are proud to continue in the 21st century. Because we firmly believe that The Great Repertoire is not a closed book, but a story to which each era can add its own chapter, full of exciting music, relevant themes and innovative writing. Our era too. That is why we will present one or two brand new commissioned works every season until 2025. You can follow the preparations for these unique productions on this blog.
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On purge bébé - Julien Behr
He comes for an order of unbreakable chamber pots for the army, he stays to share all his experience of intestinal problems with the Follavoine family. And then there is the matter of his adulterous wife... Meet Aristide Chouilloux, or... Julien Behr.
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Chorus itte
No one escapes the expanding dreamworld of Is this the End?#2. From treacherous sphinxes to sneaky goblins: our Chorus has been utterly transformed.
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Boesmans
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Teaser for Is This The End #2
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Fanny och Alexander Oscar wins
';"Fanny & Alexander" Wins Foreign Language Film: 1984 Oscars This Tuesday 8 February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, the world's most famous and prestigious film awards ceremony. Thirty-eight years ago, in 1984, Fanny och Alexander won no less than four golden statuettes, in the categories of Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist) and Best Foreign Language Film, an award which, in the absence of Ingmar Bergman, was accepted on his behalf by his wife Ingrid von Rosen and - not without a dry sense of humor - by the film's producer.
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Is This The End 2 – Albane Carrère
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Cinematograph
Cinematograph is the name of the production and distribution company founded by Ingmar Bergman himself, which has (co)produced all his feature films from Skammen (1968) to Fanny och Alexander (1983) and which has been led by his son Ingmar Junior since 2019. One of Cinematograph's daughter companies, Hammars Drama Production, was responsible for the cultural entertainment at the Nobel Prize banquet in 2018 and for this occasion knocked on the door of Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson. The beginning of a creative collaboration that now continues with the opera Fanny och Alexander, in which Cinematograph will be involved as a partner.
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Freezing Amaury
No problem in these winter conditions, but what if you need snow in August? Just leave that to our props department! A look behind the scenes of the video shoot with Amaury Massion last summer.
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Meet the cast of "On purge bébé" - Jodie Devos
';Introducing the cast of 'On purge bébé' | Jodie Devos "Constipation is no laughing matter!" The character of Julie Follavoine in On purge bébé has only one mission: her constipated son Toto must and will drink his laxative drink. Whether this is indeed something nót to laugh about, remains to be seen, but we do know one thing for sure: Jodie Devos is the perfect singer for this role. In this first of three cast reveals, the Belgian coloratura soprano looks forward to her first contemporary opera project.
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Video shoot for Is This the End #2
Costumes? Check. Make-up? Go! Albane Carrère (The Woman), Sarah Defrise (The Teenager) and Amaury Massion (The Man) are finally ready to fully step into the shoes of their characters. Time for the video shoot!
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The ultimate Christmas movie
It is no coincidence that Fanny och Alexander is scheduled as an end-of-year production. The opulent, magical Christmas festivities with which Bergman’s movie opens, makes it for many one of the most beautiful Christmas films of all time. The meticulous preparations at the Ekdahl house, the grandiose buffet, the perfect Christmas tree, the Nativity scene, the dances and authentic carols ("Nu är det Jul igen")... No wonder that, in Sweden, people still speak of a "Fanny och Alexander Christmas”.
According to Bergman himself, the origin of this Christmas scene can be traced back to a proposal by the Bavarian State Opera to direct Les contes d'Hoffmann: “Toward the end of the 1970s, I was supposed to direct Tales of Hoffmann at the Opera House in Munich. [...] In a short story written by Hoffmann there is a gigantic, magical room. It was that magical room I wanted to re-create on stage. [...] There is also an illustration from E. T. A. Hoffmann’s stories that had haunted me time and time again, a picture from The Nutcracker. Two children are quivering close together in the twilight of Christmas Eve, waiting impatiently for the candles on the tree to be lighted and the doors to the living room to be opened. It is that scene that gave me the idea of beginning Fanny and Alexander with a Christmas celebration.” (Images: My Life in Film, Faber and Faber, 1995)