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"LUCIE" was written in 2014 by Giordano Bruno do Nascimento. It is a chamber opera in two acts for four singers (soprano, alto,tenor and bariton) and orchestra. Unlikely, there are five different violin parts, piano and accordion in the orchestra. Originally, the opera was performed in a benefit concert for the organisation "Human Rights Watch" as it is about a major case of human rights violation. The planned project will also be a performance where we want to collect donations for this organisation (Human Rights watch – division for forced child marriage). We want to call as much attention as possible to this important problem. In the video you see a student performance of students of the „Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar“. All is made and financed by students, also the video. Conductor is the composer himself, Giordano Bruno do Nascimento. As you can read in the synopsis the story is about two girls from different times with kind of the same cruel destiny. They meet each other in a kind of inbetween world. There is a different director’s concept (than in the video) where this world should look like a nightmare scene of a child's dream: Everywhere are moving shadows, you can’t see much, because of fog and there is giant furniture standing on stage, so that the singers look very small. You can act on and under the furniture and hide behind it. There will be parallels between the two main roles, which you will see in clothing and the different scenes. Lucie and Rawan (the two main roles) will be splitted up in three persons per role: One singer and two actors or dancers, who can show more than just one feeling. Also teddybears and light will play an important role. Unfortunately, this version couldn’t be performed yet, because of financial problems.