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

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Details

Composer
Bernard Foccroulle
Artist
La Monnaie Chorus, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Jessica Niles, Lisa Willems, Sandrine
Format
CD
Label
Fuga Libera
Released
Jul 04, 2025
Catalog #
FUG844
UPC
5400439008441

About

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

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prologue: Somewhere out There (Chorus) 03:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prologue: Somewhere out There (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus, Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  3. 2 Scene 1: Troy Burns, Cassandra Watches (Cassandra, Chorus) 05:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: Troy Burns, Cassandra Watches (Cassandra, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Katarina Bradic
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus, Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  4. 3 Scene 2: Call Me Cassandra (Sandra, Conference Presenter, Marjorie, Blake) 11:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: Call Me Cassandra (Sandra, Conference Presenter, Marjorie, Blake)
    Duration
    11:04
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Jessica Niles, Lisa Willems, Sandrine Mairesse, Paul Appleby
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  5. 4 Scene 3: You Spat in My Mouth (Apollo, Cassandra) 09:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3: You Spat in My Mouth (Apollo, Cassandra)
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Joshua Hopkins, Katarina Bradic
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  6. 5 Scene 4: The Bees I 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 4: The Bees I
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  7. 6 Scene 5: Ototoi Popoi Da (Blake, Sandra) 08:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 5: Ototoi Popoi Da (Blake, Sandra)
    Duration
    08:51
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Paul Appleby, Jessica Niles
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  8. 7 Scene 6: Family Dinner (Victoria, Sandra, Blake, Alexander, Naomi, Marjorie) 12:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 6: Family Dinner (Victoria, Sandra, Blake, Alexander, Naomi, Marjorie)
    Duration
    12:01
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Susan Bickley, Jessica Niles, Paul Appleby, Gidon Saks, Sarah Defrise, Sandrine Mairesse
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 Scene 7: In the Library of the Dead (Cassandra, Priam, Hecuba, Apollo) 15:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 7: In the Library of the Dead (Cassandra, Priam, Hecuba, Apollo)
    Duration
    15:38
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Katarina Bradic, Gidon Saks, Susan Bickley, Joshua Hopkins
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  11. 2 Scene 8: The Siren Call of Motherhood (Sandra, Blake) 11:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 8: The Siren Call of Motherhood (Sandra, Blake)
    Duration
    11:49
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Jessica Niles, Paul Appleby
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  12. 3 Scene 9: The Bees II 01:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 9: The Bees II
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  13. 4 Scene 10: Lullaby (Naomi) 04:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 10: Lullaby (Naomi)
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Sarah Defrise
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  14. 5 Scene 11: A Ship for Antarctica (Sandra, Hecuba, Naomi, Priam, Apollo, Marjorie) 12:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 11: A Ship for Antarctica (Sandra, Hecuba, Naomi, Priam, Apollo, Marjorie)
    Duration
    12:36
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Jessica Niles, Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Gidon Saks, Joshua Hopkins, Sandrine Mairesse
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  15. 6 Scene 12: No-one, Ever, Will Take My Voice Away (Cassandra, Sandra) 09:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 12: No-one, Ever, Will Take My Voice Away (Cassandra, Sandra)
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Performer
    Katarina Bradic, Jessica Niles
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono
  16. 7 Scene 13: The Bees III 01:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 13: The Bees III
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Bernard Foccroulle
    Ensemble
    Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kazushi Ono