Stabat Mater / David Bobée
Giovanni Battista Pergolese: Stabat Mater
Les Nouveaux Caractères
musical direction: Sébastien d’Hérin
directed by: David Bobée and Caroline Mutel
Caroline Mutel and Aurore Ugolin, voices
Bobie Mfoumou, dance
Salvo Cappello, acrobat
After a first and beautiful artistic meeting on the show Dios proveerá, the director David Bobée, the singer and director Caroline Mutel and the Ensemble les Nouveaux Caractères led by the harpsichordist and conductor Sébastien d'Hérin had want new adventures. This time, they tackle the Stabat Mater, the final and sublime musical work composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolese in 1736, just before his death at the age of 26. This work is based on a 13th century liturgical text meditating on the suffering of the Virgin Mary. In addition to the religious figure of the mother, it is that of a sacrificed humanity whose pain is expressed in multiple ways that inspired David Bobée and Caroline Mutel. Their staging serves the music and unfolds in space and light. This Stabat Mater reflects their young and deeply human outlook, as did its composer. By choosing to create a series of portraits of pain embodied by the bodies of dancers and circus performers, they show us how Pergolese's message is universal and timeless.
