Requiem

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“As death is the real final destination of our life, over the past few years I have become so familiar with this true and best friend of man that not only is her image no longer frightening for me but also 'even appears very soothing and consoling. »These considerations of Mozart on life and death are at the origin of the interpretation that Raphaël Pichon and Romeo Castellucci give of the emblematic and unfinished Requiem of the composer. Expression of the existential anguish of man in the face of finitude, this mass of the dead confronts us with the ephemeral character of nature and culture, of man as a species and as an individual. “We must understand and celebrate the end as the reverse of a party where the dance continues. ThisMissa pro defunctis then changes polarity and meaning. »Castellucci's theatrical vision, carried by Pichon's musical dramaturgy - which embellishes the work of other religious pieces by Mozart - will transform this Requiem into the ultimate glorification of life.