Music

The Book of Disquiet

Michel van der Aa / Ergon Ensemble

Dates

Prices

5 — 15 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Friday & Saturday
Time
20:30
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Full price: 7, 15 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 12 €
Groups 10+ people: 11 €
Νeighborhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €

Group ticket reservations at groupsales@onassis.org

Duration

1 hour and 15 minutes

A ground-breaking production brings Pessoa's magmum opus to life on stage, instilling a productive and monumental disquiet in the audience.

Photο: Marina Levitskaya

Fernando Pessoa's magnum opus is brought to life through the music-theatre performance by the celebrated Dutch composer and director, Michel van der Aa.

Miltiadis Fiorentzis in the leading role and the Greek contemporary music group, Ergon Ensemble, under the baton of the experienced Kasper de Roo, interact with cinematic projections in a ground-breaking production in which song, electronic sounds, live music, images and the spoken word complement one another, filling the stage with Pessoa’s anguished literary and existential quests.

★★★★★ "The Times"

★★★★ "The Guardian"

★★★★ "The Observer"

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“The Book of Disquiet”

Music theatre for actor, ensemble and film (2008) libretto after Fernando Pessoa, adapted by Michel van der Aa

Parallel events

Friday 15 December

After performance talk with the participants
Moderated by Christos Carras, General Director and Artistic Director of Music at the Onassis Stegi

Saturday 16 December

Workshop with Michel van der Aa

Credits

  • Conducted by

    Kasper de Roo

  • Αctor

    Miltiadis Fiorentzis

  • Libretto translation in Greek

    Annie Spyrakou

ERGON ENSEMBLE

  • Featuring

    Nikos Nikopoulos (flute), Kostas Tzekos (clarinet), Panagiotis Sioras (clarinet), Dimitris Dakovanos (bassoon), Spyros Laskaridis (trumpet), Babis Taliadouros (percussion), Kostas Panagiotidis (violin), Panagiotis Tziotis (violin), Evgenios Zibai (violin), Aggela Giannaki (viola), Eleutheria Togia (viola), Dimitris Travlos (cello), Antonis Pratsinakis (cello), Nikos Tsoukalas (double bass)

  • Αrtistic coordinator

    Alexandros Mouzas

Film Cast

  • Ophelia (fado singer)

    Ana Moura

  • Bernardo Soares

    João Reis

  • Young Ophelia

    Sara Ramadinha Pereira

  • Street sweeper

    David Pereira

  • Bookkeeper

    Rogério Tavares

  • Major

    Miguel Corte-Real

Production Team

  • Composer, Stage & Film Director

    Michel van der Aa

  • Associate Director

    Arianna Hatzigalanou

  • Technical Producer

    Siemen van der Weij

  • Lighting Designer

    Floriaan Ganzevoort

  • Scenographer

    Marc Warning

  • Video and Sound Playout Operator

    Simon Hendry

  • Project Management

    Intermusica

  • Producer

    Disquiet Media

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