Muziektheater Transparant
Muziektheater Transparant is a Flemish theatre company founded in 1994. They produce music theatre and their own versions of operas. The artistic directors are Guy Coolen and Wouter Van Looy. Among the past and current composers in residence are Wim Henderickx, Jan Van Outryve, Eric Sleichim, and Annelies Van Parys.
Transparant, which has its office and rehearsal room in Matterhorn (Antwerp), brings artists and ensembles together. It is strong internationally oriented and delivers productions with artistic and social relevance for a large audience.
Productions
The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell DaviesManicuur by Jan Goovaerts and Il Re Pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartIk Vlieg by Jan Van Outryve and Little Orfeo Radio Ping-Pong by John TorsoCarmen by Stef Kamil Carlens and Oscar Van WoenselAchilleus by Wim Henderickx and Imme DrosL'Arianna by Claudio MonteverdiWeisse Rose by Udo ZimmermanZone Orfeo after MonteverdiInfito Nero by Salvatore SciarrinoAntigona by Tommaso TraettaSestina by MonteverdiMen in tribulation by Eric Sleichim and Jan FabreMr. Emmet takes a walk with Maxwell Davies and David PountneyEnoch Arden by Richard Strauss and Alfred TennysonDan ben ik straks zo'n diva after Strauss and George Frideric HandelLeven in hel by Ramsey Nasr and Joost KleppeDrift after MonteverdiPeer Gynt by Edvard Grieg and Henrik IbsenEinstein For Aliens by David Moss and Hebbeltheater Ding by John Torso and Pat Van HemelrijckNest Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm after a libretto by Michael Fröhling based on Lenz by Georg BüchnerArthur / De Queeste by Jan Van OutryveGli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne by Francesco Cavalli and Giovanni Francesco BusenelloDido by Jan Van Outryve, Purni Morell and Wouter Van LooyThe Medium by Maxwell DaviesThe Fairy Queen by Henry PurcellArthur by Jan Van OutryveVon Tripp by MonteverdiSaulpain by G. F. HandelOpera langs de achterdeur Nada Brahma by Senjan Jansen and Oscar van den BoogaardJullie die weten by Mozart and Stefan HertmansBlauwbaards Burcht after Béla Bartók and Béla BalászDe gelukkige prins after Franz Schubert, Mozart and Oscar WildeMuziek Fabriek by Jan Van OutryveIntra-Muros by Eric Sleichim and Peter VerhelstHet meisje de jongen de rivier by Jan Van Outryve, Paul Verrept and Wouter Van LooyFeedback by Bert BernaertsRomeinse Tragedies by Eric Sleichim, William Shakespeare and RUHE by Franz Schubert, Van Parys, Armando and Hans SleutelaarLa Mort de Sainte Alméenne / L'Ideé by Arthur Honegger and Max JacobEen totale Entführung by Mozart, Wim Henderickx and Ramsey NasrBabar/Le Fils des Etoiles after Francis Poulenc and Erik SatieAlles Liebe after Samson by G. F. HandelWaar is mijn ziel? by MonteverdiVilla Vivaldi by Jan Van Outryve after Antonio VivaldiVoid by Wim Henderickx, Hans Op de Beeck and Wouter Van LooyWolpe! by Stefan Wolpe, Johan Bossers, Caroline Petrick and The Fairy Queen after Henry Purcell and William ShakespeareL'Esprit Messiaen by Olivier MessiaenKafka Fragments after Gyorgy Kurtag and Franz KafkaLamentations & Whispers by Orlandus Lassus, Joachim Brackx and Ramsey NasrPour vos beaux yeux by Joachim Brackx, Eric Sleichim, Jan Van Outryve and Van ParysAn Index of Memories by Van ParysCentury Songs Medea by Wim Henderickx, Peter Verhelst and Een nieuw Requiem by Mozart, Christian Köhler and Jeroen BrouwersDie Entführung aus dem Paradies by Joachim Brackx and Oscar van den BoogaardDe legende van de witte slang with Shanghai Peking Opera TroupeInsect by Eric ThielemansAutopsie van een gebroken hart by An De Donder and Dominique PauwelsOver de bergen by Corrie van Binsbergen and Josse De PauwPorselein by Jan Van Outryve, Paul Verrept and Wouter Van LooyOrlando by Ludovico Ariosto, Vivaldi and Jan Van OutryveEen Oresteia by Iannis Xenakis and Van ParysL'Orfeo after MonteverdiBlond Eckbert by Judith Weir and Wouter Van LooyUtopia 47 by Eric SleichimVenus and Adonis Opera Buffa Pelléas et Mélisande De waterafsluiter Escorial Koningin van de nacht Lilith O mio core Songs of War Territoria De Koningin Zonder Land Wim Henderickx and Wouter Van LooyNightshade: Aubergine with Claron McFaddenRevelations Wim Henderickx and Wouter Van LooyHarriet by Hilda Paredes was given by in Huddersfield, UK. The libretto came from poetry by Mayra Santos-Febres and dialogue from Lex Bohlmeijer.