Ensemble Rosas

Compagnie Opér'Azul invites clarinetist Camille Humeau and accordionist and tenor Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet for a dialogue between klezmer music and early Mediterranean music.

Born among the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, klezmer music carries the memory of journeys and exile, nostalgia but also the most infectious joy. Ensemble Rosas brings it into conversation with the great collections of the Middle Ages (Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso El Sabio, Laudario di Cortona, manuscripts from Saint-Martial Abbey in Limoges), with madrigals by Monteverdi and prayers by Handel and Purcell. Sephardic melodies and Occitan troubadour songs naturally find their place in this conversation.

A sensitive musical journey, between fervor, melancholy, and celebration.

Cast:

Camille Humeau – clarinet

Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet – tenor, accordion

Catalina Skinner – mezzo-soprano

Pierre-Yves Binard – baritone, percussion

Production: Compagnie Opér'Azul