Satie Project

January 11-13, 1990
presented in Satie: Music Dance Opera
SFU Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Burnaby BC
Geneviève de Brabant; music by Eric Satie
orchestration by Rudolph Komorous, conducted by Owen Underhill
directed by Marc Diamond
adaptation by M. LaBaguette and G. L’Echalotte
lighting by John Macfarlane
set design by Greg Snider

Geneviève de Brabant, an opera in 3 acts, was premiered during an evening of Satie’s music, dance and opera organized by artistic contributors from SFU’s Centre for the Arts. The set consisted of 12 large square and rectangular boxes in three sizes, which were rearranged by performers between acts to represent House, Warehouse and Street. A rolling 16-foot-high Chorus Scaffold for 9 singers on 3 levels appears during the first and third acts.