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What to expect
Baritone Joshua Hopkins performs Songs for Murdered Sisters, written with composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood.
Mezzo-soprano Niamh O'Sullivan sings Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben, and the recital places the two cycles in thematic tension.
- Songs for Murdered Sisters: Heggie, Atwood, Hopkins
- Frauenliebe und -leben sung by Niamh O'Sullivan
- Schumann wrote it as a wedding gift for Clara Wieck
- Songs-abonnement: invite one person free to three shows
Questions
When does Loved / lost start and end?
Loved / lost runs Saturday, 20 March 2027, 20:00 until 23:59.
Where is Loved / lost?
Loved / lost takes place at De Munt, Muntplein 6, Brussel.
Which works are on the programme?
Songs for Murdered Sisters by Jake Heggie, with author Margaret Atwood
Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben
What is Songs for Murdered Sisters about?
On 22 September 2015 three women were murdered in Renfrew County, Ontario, all former partners of the perpetrator. Baritone Joshua Hopkins grew up in the Ottawa Valley, and his sister Nathalie Warmerdam was one of the victims. With composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood he turned his grief into this cycle, described as a protest against gender-related violence.
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Getting there
De Munt, Muntplein 6, 1000 Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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