Foccroulle: Cassandra - An Opera on a Libretto by Matthew Jo

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Label
Fuga Libera
Release Date
July 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Bernard Foccroulle
    • PERFORMER
      La Monnaie Chorus, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Jessica Niles, Lisa Willems, Sandrine
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 04, 2025
    • UPC
      5400439008441
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FUG844
    • LABEL
      Fuga Libera
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue: Somewhere out There (Chorus)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus, Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    2. Scene 1: Troy Burns, Cassandra Watches (Cassandra, Chorus)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus, Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Katarina Bradic

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    3. Scene 2: Call Me Cassandra (Sandra, Conference Presenter, Marjorie, Blake)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Jessica Niles, Lisa Willems, Sandrine Mairesse, Paul Appleby

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    4. Scene 3: You Spat in My Mouth (Apollo, Cassandra)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Joshua Hopkins, Katarina Bradic

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    5. Scene 4: The Bees I

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    6. Scene 5: Ototoi Popoi Da (Blake, Sandra)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Appleby, Jessica Niles

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    7. Scene 6: Family Dinner (Victoria, Sandra, Blake, Alexander, Naomi, Marjorie)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Susan Bickley, Jessica Niles, Paul Appleby, Gidon Saks, Sarah Defrise, Sandrine Mairesse

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    8. Scene 7: In the Library of the Dead (Cassandra, Priam, Hecuba, Apollo)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Katarina Bradic, Gidon Saks, Susan Bickley, Joshua Hopkins

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    9. Scene 8: The Siren Call of Motherhood (Sandra, Blake)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Jessica Niles, Paul Appleby

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    10. Scene 9: The Bees II

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    11. Scene 10: Lullaby (Naomi)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Sarah Defrise

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    12. Scene 11: A Ship for Antarctica (Sandra, Hecuba, Naomi, Priam, Apollo, Marjorie)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Jessica Niles, Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Gidon Saks, Joshua Hopkins, Sandrine Mairesse

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    13. Scene 12: No-one, Ever, Will Take My Voice Away (Cassandra, Sandra)

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Katarina Bradic, Jessica Niles

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono

    14. Scene 13: The Bees III

      Composer: Bernard Foccroulle

      Ensemble: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Kazushi Ono


Cassandra is an opera about knowing what lies ahead yet not being able to do anything to prevent it, about sensing impending disaster, but not being heard. It's an opera about today. Two main characters, prophets in their time, are heralds of the world to come. Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy, warns against the doom facing her people during the Trojan War. Her warnings go unheeded and the world, as it was then known, comes to an end. Sandra, a young modern-day climatologist and PhD candidate, has turned to comedy as a language through which she hopes to communicate her research on climate change and global warming, to no avail. Finally, the two meet: Cassandra from time immemorial, Sandra battling with the complexities of today. Perhaps it will be Cassandra's turn to make Sandra laugh