Edinburgh International Festival
Evening 8pm
Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Edinburgh International Festival
Cecile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse
‘She falls in love. She eats the guy. She dies.’
Jazz meets theatre in Ogresse, a new musical journey of myth and song created by Grammy® Award-winner Cécile McLorin Salvant.
Ogresse is a song cycle, telling the story of a lovesick, ravenous monster who lives in a forest. Salvant drew inspiration from eclectic sources: from a Haitian goddess to the true story of Sarah Baartman —a South African woman exhibited as a so-called freakshow attraction in 19th-century Europe. The narrative of Ogresse resonates in contemporary dialogues about racism, sexism, colonialism and power dynamics.
Salvant’s score journeys through 17 songs which blend folk, Baroque, jazz and country. Singing from shifting perspectives, Salvant performs the full work, joined by a 13-piece orchestra of multi-instrumentalists.
This is a dark and poignant fairy tale from an original and imaginative composer.
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