Cassandra

About

Sandra divides her time between melting ice research and stand-up comedy . Concerned by her recent studies concerning the impact of human activities on the environment, she wishes to raise awareness with humour. There is a worrying skepticism around her, even within her own family. Just as Cassandra had announced the fall of Troy without being heard, Sandra predicted the imminent approach of a terrible tragedy without anyone listening... How do you convince others when they refuse to hear you? Why do some ignore the future they have in front of them? For his first opera, the Belgian composer Bernard Foccroulle chose a highly topical theme: ecological activism, confronted with the inertia of society. Thanks to powerfully evocative music, directed by Kazushi Ono, and sets that transport us in turn to a huge library, a beehive or the heart of a glacier, Cassandra opens the 2023-24 season with strength and poetry.