About
What to expect
Élysée Moon, opera singer, guide and drag queen, takes you on a sung discovery tour through the rooms of De Munt.
The tour looks at travesty, the layered representation of homosexuality in opera, the gendering of instrumental practice and the fate of female composers.
You hear how ideas about gender, norms and conventions shaped the history of the opera stage, with humour and many links between opera and queerness.
- Baroque arias to disco hits
- From harp to glitter
- Opera heroines along the way
- Mozart, Lully, Bizet, Gounod, Holmès
- Fragments from musicals and pop
- All sung by Élysée Moon
Dates
FAQ
Where does the tour take place?
At De Munt, Munt, 1000 Brussel.
Who gives the tour?
Élysée Moon, opera singer, guide and drag queen.
What music will I hear?
Baroque arias and disco hits, harp and glitter, and music by Mozart, Lully, Bizet, Gounod and Holmès.
Also fragments from musicals and popular music
Everything sung by Élysée Moon
What is the tour about?
Four centuries of music history in the rooms of De Munt.
Opera heroines
The role of travesty and the representation of homosexuality in opera
The gendering of instrumental practice
The fate of female composers
Links between opera and queerness
Getting there
De Munt, Muntplein 6, 1000 Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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