The Nightingale and the Emperor of China - shadow theatre and ancient instruments
From 16 April 2024 to 18 April 2024/ France / Amilly
"With the real nightingale, you don't know in advance what's coming, whereas with the other [the mechanical nightingale], everything is planned."
The fairy tale The Nightingale and the Emperor sums up everything that makes music and birdsong so beautiful: they remain elusive and at every moment renew our sense of wonder.
The Nightingale and the Emperor, a chinoiserie written by someone who has never been to China, offers plenty of food for thought and provides an opportunity to hear extinct instruments beloved of 18th-century birdwatchers and bird lovers, the bird flageolets. This tale also takes a contemporary look at the relationship between humans and animals, at a time when biodiversity is under threat and birds are gradually disappearing from our soundscape.
The fairy tale The Nightingale and the Emperor sums up everything that makes music and birdsong so beautiful: they remain elusive and at every moment renew our sense of wonder.
The Nightingale and the Emperor, a chinoiserie written by someone who has never been to China, offers plenty of food for thought and provides an opportunity to hear extinct instruments beloved of 18th-century birdwatchers and bird lovers, the bird flageolets. This tale also takes a contemporary look at the relationship between humans and animals, at a time when biodiversity is under threat and birds are gradually disappearing from our soundscape.
