View pictures
Theatre

I Silenti

Toneelhuis, Otto Productions, Lisaboa Houbrechts, Fabrizio Cassol, Tcha Limberger

Fabrizio Cassol recomposed Monteverdi’s madrigals for the Roma musician Tcha Limberger as a homage to everyone who has been silenced. 
In 2019, Bruegel was a surprising production for more than one reason, not least because of the exciting dialogue that Lisaboa Houbrechts created on stage between drama and live music. That did not escape the notice of composer Fabrizio Cassol, who promptly invited her to work with him. With projects like Coup Fatal and Requiem pour L., Cassol has proved to be a master at ‘recomposing’ existing music and magically transforming it into a new story.

And this new story is special: through the figure of Tcha Limberger, a blind Roma musician, I Silenti makes a connection between the Porajmos, the forgotten genocide of the Roma during WW II, and excerpts from Monteverdi’s madrigals that speak of love and war. Two worlds that conduct a dialogue and flow into each other.
 
Tcha Limberger is joined by Claron McFadden, Nicola Wemyss and Jonatan Alvarado for the vocals and recitation. Philippe Thuriot, Georgi Dobrev, Simon Leleux and Vilmos Scikos are accompanying them on an arsenal of instruments from very diverse musical traditions. In this hybrid universe, Houbrechts evokes echoes of the lost mother, the lost Indian origins of Tcha and the Roma, through the appearance of Indian dancer Shantala Shivalingappa. 

I Silenti is like a poem that not only tells about the Roma but also everyone who has been silenced. A homage. 

How do you bring a loaded topic like the forgotten holocaust of the Romani to the stage? By making it more straight-forward, Fabrizio Cassol and Lisaboa Houbrechts, the composer and director of I Silenti, say in unison.

Tom Peeters in Bruzz , 16 February 2022

director

  • Lisaboa Houbrechts

composition

  • Fabrizio Cassol

vocals, violin

  • Tcha Limberger

vocals

  • Claron Mcfadden
  • Nicola Wemyss
  • Jonatan Alvarado

choreography

  • Shantala Shivalingappa
  • Tijen Lawton

dance

  • Tijen Lawton

accordion

  • Philippe Thuriot

contrabas

  • Vilmos Csikos

percussie

  • Simon Leleux

kaval

  • Georgi Dobrev

scenografie, video

  • Oscar van der Put

dramaturgy advise

  • Christian Longchamp

costumes

  • An Bruegelmans

light

  • Clinton Collon

sound

  • Carlo Thomson
  • Guillaume Desmet

set

  • atelier toneelhuis

production management

  • Maya Galle
  • Margot Maizy

dispersion

  • Nicolas Roux - Otto Productions

production

  • Otto Productions

technische directie

  • Alfred Serghini

coproduction

  • Théâtre de Namur
  • Cavema
  • Théâtre de Liège
  • Les ballets C de la B
  • Toneelhuis
  • Le Théâtre National de la Communauté française de Belgique F.U.P,
  • Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
  • Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
  • L'Opéra de Lille
  • Festival De Marseille
  • ZHK-Ustadgah Foundation (Mumbai-Inde)

with the support of

  • la Coop asbl
  • Shelter Prod
  • taxshelter.be
  • ING
  • tax-shelter van de Belgische Overheid

All data

There are no upcoming activities for this event.

  1. Cancelled: Thursday 21 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  2. Cancelled: Friday 22 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  3. Cancelled: Saturday 23 January 2021 — 19h00 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  4. Cancelled: Tuesday 26 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  5. Cancelled: Wednesday 27 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  6. Cancelled: Saturday 30 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Liège, Liège
  7. Cancelled: Sunday 31 January 2021 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Liège, Liège
  8. Cancelled: Wednesday 3 February 2021 — 20h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  9. Cancelled: Thursday 4 February 2021 — 20h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  10. Cancelled: Friday 5 February 2021 — 20h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  11. Cancelled: Saturday 6 February 2021 — 20h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  12. Cancelled: Sunday 7 February 2021 — 16h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  13. Cancelled: Friday 26 February 2021 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  14. Cancelled: Saturday 27 February 2021 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  15. Cancelled: Monday 19 April 2021 — 20h00 — Opéra de Lille, Lille
  16. Cancelled: Wednesday 21 April 2021 — 20h00 — Opéra de Lille, Lille
  17. Tuesday 8 June 2021 — 20h00 — Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxemburg
  18. Wednesday 9 June 2021 — 20h00 — Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxemburg
  19. Saturday 12 June 2021 — 0h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  20. Sunday 13 June 2021 — 0h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  21. Monday 14 June 2021 — 0h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  22. Tuesday 15 June 2021 — 0h00 — Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
  23. Friday 18 June 2021 — 0h00 — Festival de Marseille, Marseille 02
  24. Saturday 19 June 2021 — 0h00 — Festival de Marseille, Marseille 02
  25. Tuesday 29 June 2021 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  26. Wednesday 30 June 2021 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  27. Tuesday 22 February 2022 — 20h00 — Théâtre National, Brussel
  28. Wednesday 23 February 2022 — 19h30 — Théâtre National, Brussel
  29. Thursday 24 February 2022 — 20h00 — Théâtre National, Brussel
  30. Friday 25 February 2022 — 20h00 — Théâtre National, Brussel
  31. Saturday 5 March 2022 — 19h00 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  32. Sunday 6 March 2022 — 16h00 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  33. Monday 7 March 2022 — 20h30 — Théâtre de Namur, Namen
  34. Friday 11 March 2022 — 0h00 — Théâtre Municipal de Grenoble, Grenoble
  35. Saturday 12 March 2022 — 0h00 — Théâtre Municipal de Grenoble, Grenoble
  36. Friday 13 May 2022 — 20h30 — Centre Dramatique National/Théâtre d'Orléans, Orléans
  37. Thursday 17 November 2022 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen
  38. Cancelled: Friday 18 November 2022 — 20h00 — Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerpen

News about ‘I Silenti’

Also interesting productions

Honderd Theatre 14 November 2024 until 19 December 2024

Honderd

Toneelhuis / Martha!tentatief / Ruud Gielens & Bart Van Nuffelen

[meeuw] Theatre 14 November 2024 until 29 January 2025

[meeuw]

Toneelhuis / Olympique Dramatique / theater arsenaal

Expo Seefhoek Series Exhibition 23 November 2024 until 21 December 2024

Expo Seefhoek Series

Toneelhuis / Thomas Verstraeten / Fred & Ferry Gallery