Kris Defoort's opera ‘Time of our Singing’ at La Monnaie
Kris Defoort is an internationally renowned Belgian jazz musician and composer. The opera he composed, ‘Time of our Singing’, is currently back at La Monnaie in Brussels. The opera is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Richard Powers.
'In collaboration with librettist Peter van Kraaij, conductor Kwamé Ryan and director Ted Huffman, Kris Defoort conjures an imaginary space where History with a capital H and history with a small h intertwine, where people come together to weave a story, and where jazz and classical music enrich one another. Rarely has a contemporary opera been so profoundly rooted in the now while raising so many universal themes. ' Extract from the La Monnaie website.