Conference: Mado, Companion of the Liberation
Conference: Mado, Companion of the Liberation
Schirmeck
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Opus has decided to pay tribute to the women who lived through this period.
Part concert, part show, the Opus de nos souvenirs project takes us back to the '40s. With costumes and sets, this concert will be like a musical tale. A narrator will bring to life the voices of women and mothers awaiting the return of resistance fighters and soldiers, through the reading of testimonies and the participation of choristers. Through eclectic works in the popular style of French songs, jazz and classical music, we aim to reflect the era of the 1940s.
The choice of musical pieces is based on the artists and composers in vogue in those years. Maurice Chevalier, Lucienne Delyle, Paul Misraki, Edith Piaf, the Andrew Sisters... who brought a touch of lightness to a difficult day-to-day life.
Francis Poulenc's "Priez pour paix", composed in 1938, Maurice Ravel's "Trois beaux oiseaux de paradis" (Ravel evokes three birds in reference to the tricolor flag) and Ilse Weber's lullaby, written to her son during their deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
We plunge back into this era to sing of hope, love and the joy of liberation.
Actress Coline Schwartz directs the show, while Zivile Schmitt leads the choir, accompanied by Célia Schmitt on piano.
www.opusensemblevocalfeminin.ovh
Part concert, part show, the Opus de nos souvenirs project takes us back to the '40s. With costumes and sets, this concert will be like a musical tale. A narrator will bring to life the voices of women and mothers awaiting the return of resistance fighters and soldiers, through the reading of testimonies and the participation of choristers. Through eclectic works in the popular style of French songs, jazz and classical music, we aim to reflect the era of the 1940s.
The choice of musical pieces is based on the artists and composers in vogue in those years. Maurice Chevalier, Lucienne Delyle, Paul Misraki, Edith Piaf, the Andrew Sisters... who brought a touch of lightness to a difficult day-to-day life.
Francis Poulenc's "Priez pour paix", composed in 1938, Maurice Ravel's "Trois beaux oiseaux de paradis" (Ravel evokes three birds in reference to the tricolor flag) and Ilse Weber's lullaby, written to her son during their deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
We plunge back into this era to sing of hope, love and the joy of liberation.
Actress Coline Schwartz directs the show, while Zivile Schmitt leads the choir, accompanied by Célia Schmitt on piano.
www.opusensemblevocalfeminin.ovh
