On May 30th in Splendor, Amsterdam composer Wilma Pistorius unveils the first stages of her latest ambitious project: Tales and Mutability. In this exclusive sneak preview (Prologue, Scene 1, and Intermezzo), Pistorius invites the audience into her multi-layered compositional world, where music, text, and movement are inextricably linked.
The piece is a music theatre work for three performers — a singer (The Seer), an actor (The Pirate Princess), and a dancer (The Trickster) — and six musicians. Each character has their own artistic language: voice, text, or movement.
In this excerpt, the audience is introduced to the three characters and the world they inhabit. At first, they exist separately, each within its own discipline. The Seer sings the future, the Pirate Princess collects stories, and the Trickster moves between worlds. A central conflict emerges when the Pirate Princess steals the Seer’s voice, setting the story in motion.
The performance combines live music, voice, movement, and cassette tapes, which play an important role both musically and visually. The intermezzo begins the transformation of the characters, as boundaries between their disciplines start to shift.
The performance will be followed by Q&A in which more will be told about the project and the thoughts behind it.
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