100 Objects to Represent the World

A Prop Opera






Libretto & Direction:  Peter Greenaway

Co-Direction: Saskia Boddeke

Music: Jean-Baptiste Barrière


Stage Design: Steven Scott, Light Design: Frank Kaster, Slides Graphics: Eric Pratter

Documentation: Marita Ruyter, Jeanette Seiler, Manu Luksch, Costums: Ellen Lens

Musical Assistant: Frédéric Voisin, Sound Engineer: David Poissonier


Thrope voice: Michael Sheen, Child voice: Kaija Saariaho, Snake: Claudia Boulton

Mercury: Alessandro Dieli, Adam: Terence Roe, Eve: Margot Nies


Co-Production: Zeitfluss Festival, Salzburg, Change Performing Arts, Milan, MC93 Bobigny, Paris, Atem Nanterre, Paris, Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel/Marstall München, Stockholm Cultural Capital of Europe 1998, Teatro Massimo/Festival di Palermo


Premiered at Zeitfluss, Salzburg Festival, August 1997


Listen to the list of objects sung by the Child


Presentation : http://www.changeperformingarts.it/Greenaway/100objects.html


Photos : http://www.changeperformingarts.it/Greenaway/100objects_photos.html


A virtual museum (in spanish): http://www.museuvirtual.com.br/greenaway/



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