S6Ep8| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 2 - with Gorges Ocloo

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'The Golden Stool, or the Story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa' is an opera performance that debuts at the London's Barbican on 14 October.
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/the-golden-stool-or-the-story-of-nana-yaa-asantewaa
The performance takes 12 classical opera songs, including Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' and reworks them to tell the compelling story of Warrior Queen Nana Yaa Asantewaa through an all-female cast.
In our 8th episode in season 6, we speak to the creator and artistic director behind this afropera - Belgium-based Gorges Ocloo.
Gorges is a multi-disciplinary artist whose expertise includes performance art, contemporary dance – he is a stage director, librettist and composer and co-artistic director of Antwerp-based performing arts theatre Toneelhuis in Belgium.

If you’ve got an interest in opera, you might like to listen to our Season 6 episodes 1&2 interview with Venus Bushfires founder Helen Epega and opera singer Louisa Martin.
S6Ep1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fCUNwhzCoh5UlB3nX7EGe
S6Ep2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7toXwa7tFhnKcDyB9ewiBd
This Pidgin Opera performance also challenged views on opera with the incorporation of Pidgin and other unconventional language styles.

The music in this episode is made exclusively for AKADi Magazine by Kyekyeku and the Super Opong Stars and is called 'Life No Dey Easy'.
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