SERGE KAKUDJI, FABRIZIO CASSOL, ALAIN PLATEL & RODRIGUEZ VANGAMAKVS & LES BALLETS C DE LA B

In Coup Fatal, the Congolese countertenor Serge Kakudji and 13 musicians from Kinshasa get their teeth into a range of baroque compositions. A contemporary world, both musical and visual, is created around Kakudji’s vocals. The new music, directed by Fabrizio Cassol and Rodriguez Vangama, is a vibrant and organic collection of baroque phrasing, traditional and popular Congolese music, rock and jazz.

Director Alain Platel and dancer Romain Guion are in charge of the theatrical creation, and the set is by the Congolese artist Freddy Tsimba. Primarily an ode to the inexorable elegance of the Congolese, Coup Fatal is overlaid with the unadulterated gloss of majestic ‘sapeurs’, the dandies of Kinshasa. © KVS