Review Opera News – Odysseus’ Women + Anais Nin

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Opera News review of  Odysseus Women + Anais Nin in New York

‘It unified the whole into an evocative meditation on femininity in its strongest sense.
By the end of the evening the entire cast was fully nude. In the close intimate environment of National Sawdust, this very nudity itself took on a powerful directorial impact.

This was a very fulfilling production of wonderful dramatic opera and a sensational beginning to the Center for Contemporary Opera’s season

Credits

New York – National Sawdust

Augusta Caso – Anais Nin
Maggie Finnegin
Sharin Apostalou
Hilary Ginther
Nicole Mitchell

Center for Contemporary Opera
Louis Andriessen – composer
Neal Goren – conductor
Jorinde Keesmaat – direction & concept
Koen Bollen – dramaturgy
Ascon de Nijs – set and costume design
Jurjen Alkema – video
Bruce Steinberg- light

Amsterdam – Muziekgebouw aan het IJ

Augusta Caso – Anais Nin
Katharine Dain
Lisa Willems
Bauwien van der Meer
Petra Ehrisman

Center for Contemporary Opera
Louis Andriessen – composer
Nieuw Amsterdams Peil – ensemble
Jorinde Keesmaat – direction & concept
Koen Bollen – dramaturgy
Ascon de Nijs – set and costume design
Jurjen Alkema – video
Wijnand van der Horst – light

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Foto’s: Ascon de Nijs