Dates:
Fr., 21. Aug. 2026, 20:30–21:45
Sa., 22. Aug. 2026, 20:30–21:45
So., 23. Aug. 2026, 20:30–21:45
_**In Guilty Night**_
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In Guilty Night is a semi-staged opera blending baroque and electronic music. The programme brings together several airs by Henry Purcell, centred on the eponymous micro-oratorio _In Guilty Night: Saul and the Witch of Endor_, which is answered by a world premiere by Uèle Lamore, specially commissioned for the occasion.
The project is led by conductor Jonas Descotte and his Geneva-based ensemble Les Argonautes. Uèle Lamore, a composer known for her writing blending electronic music and symphonic forms, establishes a new dialogue between early sonorities and contemporary textures. At the heart of the staging, a spoken choir made up of ÉPI beneficiaries brings a human and collective dimension to the creation.
The aim is to bring Purcell's baroque heritage into dialogue with a contemporary electronic musical language, and to give this musical encounter a collective and human resonance through the involvement of ÉPI beneficiaries in the spoken choir — anchoring the creation in a dimension that is both artistic and social.
### **Performances**
21 · 22 · 23 August 2026, 8:30 pm
Duration: 1h15
Refreshments & light catering: from 7 pm
### **The artistic team**
Artistic direction, text & staging: **Luc Birraux**
Music: **Uèle Lamore · Henry Purcell**
Musical direction: **Jonas Descotte**
Soprano: **Mariamielle Lamagat**
Tenor...
Cost: Reduced rate: CHF 22.- Standard rate: CHF 35.- Supporter rate: CHF 55.-
Image credit: Opéra Populaire de Genève
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