HARAWI

An AMOC* Production

DeSingel, Belgium
May 5, 2023

Leverkusen, Germany
May 7, 2023

Elbphilharmonie, Germany
May 10, 2023

Music and Text by OLIVIER MESSIAEN

ZACK WINOKUR, director
BOBBI JENE SMITH, choreographer
OR SCHRAIBER, choreographer
JULIA EICHTEN, rehearsal director

JULIA BULLOCK, soprano
CONOR HANICK, piano
BOBBI JENE SMITH, dance
OR SCHRAIBER, dance

JOHN TORRES, lighting design
CHRIS GILMORE, lighting supervisor
BETSY AYER, stage manager
CATH BRITTAN, producer

AMOC*’s production of HARAWI realizes Olivier Messiaen’s deeply affecting, hour-long song cycle for voice and piano in new physical and dramatic dimensions, featuring soprano Julia Bullock, pianist Conor Hanick, choreographer/dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, with direction by Zack Winokur. Moving from duet to quartet, this production breaks open Messiaen’s cycle, connects movement to music, and grapples with the intensity of love and loss.

World Premiere, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, France July 2022