Woman at Point Zero | interview 

Premiere in July 2022 in Aix-en-Provence
Composition Bushra El-Turk
Direction Laila Soliman
Libretto Stacy Hardy
Text based on Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Scenography & video design Bissane Al Charif & Julia König
Associate director Nadia Amin
Documentary audio fragments Aida Elkashef
Musical direction Kanako Abe
Assistant musical director Ivan Cheng
Singers Dima Orsho & Carla Nahadi Babelegoto
Ensemble ZAR: Hyelim Kim (taegum), Milos Milivojevic (accordéon), Raphaela Danksagmuller (recorders, crumhorn, fujara, duduk, kaval), Chatori Shimizu (sho), Faraz Eshghi Sahraei (kamancha), Hanna Kölbel (cello) Repetitor & samples Samir Bendimered
Costumes Eli Verkeyn
Stage manager Patrick Vanderhaeghen
Light design Loes Schakenbos
Video Johannes Ringoot
Light Jamy Hollebeke
Sound Carlo Thompson
Production LOD muziektheater
Coproduction All Aria's festival (deSingel Antwerpen, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Concertgebouw Brugge & Transparant), Royal Opera House London, Shubbak Festival London, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Snape Maltings UK & Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg)
with thanks to Kathleen Venneman & Victor Hidalgo
with the support of enoa (European Network of Opera Academies), PRS Foundation, FEDORA, AFAC (The Arab Fund for Art and Culture) & la mesure tax shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge tax shelter partner Flanders TAX Shelter
www.enoa-community.com