Gerald Atlan
Author & composer
SHAWANDY
opera comedy
Digital models
Characters, The Man
Action, He enters the stage, agitated, then finds a place of rest, he thinks
Music, Shawandy's theme is sung by the choir, distant, mezzo-voce,
theme which will only be taken up in the Prelude and Finale of Act II:Shawandy, Shawandy...
Choreography, Without
Characters, The Man, the Guide
Action, The Guide enters the scene, sees The Man.
Music, After the recitative of their exchanges the Guide invites the man to
join the homeless community. Air of the Guide:On the threshold of these places...
Choreography, Without
Characters, The Man, the Guide and the Homeless
Action, The Homeless people talk about their poverty-stricken state.
At the end of the scene they come out of the tunnel and enter the dream.
Music, Mixed Choir of Sans-Logis:We live at the bottom of a tunnel...
Choreography, With
Characters, All
Action, Goualeux, the poet of the streets, sings of all possible loves...
Music, Mixed choir and Goualeux:I am Goualeux, poet of the streets...
Choreography, With