Holland Festival - Ring of our time

The present world through the eyes of ancient goddesses

The audience looks at our time through the eyes of ancient goddesses: the river goddess Tiamat cries at the bottom of the dry Euphrates, the earth goddess Ine Aya' gets lost in burning palm oil forests and the sea goddess Olokun curses the oil that pollutes her sacred waters. Ring of Our Time is performed by an ensemble with traditional and classical instruments, such as ud, saz, organ, clarinet, sape and kaldi. Percussion plays an important role in the piece, percussion traditions from Iraq, Indonesia, West Africa and Mexico form the musical backbone.

The opera was created by World Opera Lab, led by Miranda Lakerveld (Utrecht, 1976), who previously appeared at the Holland Festival with Turan Dokht (2019) and Ine Aya' (2021)