Concert "I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I saw the sky"
After an earthquake in Los Angeles in January 1994, composer John Adams and his librettist June Jordan, an African-American bisexual writer and activist, used the testimony of seven victims to paint a picture of American society.
“I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky” is an opera with a mixed musical style reflecting musical worlds that are often considered incompatible: classical, songs and musical theatre.
Singers Natalie Oswald and Lionel Couchard, accompanied by Caterina Roberti on the piano, perform excerpts from this opera in the setting of Barbara Chase-Riboud's exhibition.
In partnership with the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet and as part of the 14e des fiertés, Festival des cultures et identités LGBTQI+.
Monday 15 November 2021 at 6.30pm, at the Institut Giacometti