HARAWI

An AMOC* Production

Music and Text by OLIVIER MESSIAEN

JULIA BULLOCK, soprano
CONOR HANICK, pianist
BOBBI JENE SMITH, dancer
OR SCHRAIBER, dancer

ZACK WINOKUR, director

BOBBI JENE SMITH, choreographer
OR SCHRAIBER, choreographer

CHRISTOPHER GILMORE*, lighting designer

JOHN TORRES*, original lighting design

VICTORIA BEK*, costume designer

BETSY AYER*, production stage manager

JULIA BUMKE, producer

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.

*denotes guest artist.

Upcoming Performances:

October 1, 2024, 7:30pm
The Wallis, Beverly Hills, CA.
Produced in collaboration with the Ojai Music Festival. Learn more.

October 4, 2024, 8pm
UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara, CA. Learn more.

Premiered at Aix-en-Provence Festival, July 2022

Performed in Antwerp, Leverkusen, and Hamburg, May 2023

Performed at The Wallis and UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures, California, October 2024

Production photos by Hanne Engwald and Vincent Beaume.