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Author Topic: Melania E (Sellars Zaïde, Aix-en-Provence)  (Read 112 times)
oliver sudden
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« on: 11:36:40, 30-06-2008 »

Has her story made the Anglo papers yet? I suppose it should make its way to the Guardian in the next couple of days.
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« Reply #1 on: 20:21:17, 02-07-2008 »

No it hasn't, and it should do (a quick Google search fails to come up with any English language version).  It's an absolutely heart-rending story, and a real parable of the times.

For those who don't read French, Melania E is a 23-year-old Romanian who was placed in an orphanage at 7 and by 11 had been raped and became the man's slave for more than ten years before escaping in 2006.  She is now singing in the chorus in a production of Zaide (a work whose theme is, of course, slavery) at the Aix-en-Provence festival, directed by Peter Sellars, who has recruited a chorus of amateurs to, as he says, connect the work with reality.  The article describes her history and how she managed to break free from the man who had enslaved her and the support of the community around her.  It appears that her history only emerged during rehearsals, and the piece describes how she told her story to the collected cast in full rehearsal, and the effect on them.
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #2 on: 20:38:17, 02-07-2008 »

Ah well. Glad someone saw it at least Smiley If anyone at the Grauniad happens to be reading this and wants a translation they know what to do.
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