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- Louise Alenius
Silent Zone (2017)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
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- boys choir
- S,Ct,B
- 1 hr 10 min
- English
Programme Note
Silent Zone depicts a family (with two adult children), that has stopped communicating because of a tabooed incident in the past. The daughter does not speak at all, and only reacts by beating on her own body og things around her. The parents only communicate with inner voices.
The adult son is the only member of the family who tries to reconstruct and understand, what happened in their childhood. He poses questions, but never gets any concrete answers. He stands alone, as the only ”normal” person in the family, with his wish to throw a light on the tabooed past.
Silent Zone is that place in our bodies where we store all the parts of our lives that we cannot or dare not confront. Silent Zone is a physical place, a place where all the incidents that are not verbalized have taken place. Silent Zone is a state of mind, where the systems (muscles, brain, feelings etc.) collapse and are all on ”stand by”.
The libretto is based on (freely interpreted) statements from a group of people, who know the taboo in its most extreme degree.
World premiere | Copenhagen Opera Festival July 30th - August 6th 2017
The adult son is the only member of the family who tries to reconstruct and understand, what happened in their childhood. He poses questions, but never gets any concrete answers. He stands alone, as the only ”normal” person in the family, with his wish to throw a light on the tabooed past.
Silent Zone is that place in our bodies where we store all the parts of our lives that we cannot or dare not confront. Silent Zone is a physical place, a place where all the incidents that are not verbalized have taken place. Silent Zone is a state of mind, where the systems (muscles, brain, feelings etc.) collapse and are all on ”stand by”.
The libretto is based on (freely interpreted) statements from a group of people, who know the taboo in its most extreme degree.
World premiere | Copenhagen Opera Festival July 30th - August 6th 2017
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Reviews
Louise Alenius stages painful silence through beautiful sounds. Please, let someone commission a film score from her! 5/6 stars
3rd August 2017
Silent Zone is a very unusual and moving chamber opera. 5/6 stars
2nd August 2017
Louise Alenius explores the capability of music to induce emotional and psychological states that go beyond words. 5/6 stars
31st July 2017
More Info
- New album of Silent Zone by Louise Alenius
- 5th April 2024
- The award-winning chamber opera Silent Zone is available on new recording