Les Ailes du désir

In Berlin, two angels listen to the inner monologues of the inhabitants. When one of them falls in love with a trapeze artist, he chooses to become mortal at her side... For this very first adaptation of Wim Wenders' film for opera, Gregory Voillemet summons Johanny Bert's puppet language made of a unique aesthetic force. On a stage marked by an infamous wall, seven singers and thirteen instrumentalists mingle with six puppeteers. The puppeteers' manipulations evoke a choreography embracing Othman Louati's music, performed by the Miroirs Étendus ensemble. His score illuminates that moment when, when love comes, a new eternity can begin.