In both song cycles performed by Petr Nekoranec and Ahmad Hedar, the subject is always a young man who embarks on a path paved with uncertainties out of love.

The heart has its reasons

Lille Opera

Bringing Wim Wenders' cinematic masterpiece to the stage: this is the co[opera]tive's bold gamble.

In a Berlin divided by the Wall, two angels wander among humans, collecting their intimate thoughts. One of them, Damielle, a female character, falls in love with a trapeze artist and chooses to renounce eternity to become human.

In this adaptation, the roles are reversed: humans embody the angels, and puppets symbolize the humans. Grégory Voillemet signs a sensitive and inventive staging, and Othman Louati composes a moving score, where voices and instruments weave an emotional and sensory fresco carried in particular by Marie-Laure Garnier, Romain Dayez and the Ensemble Miroirs Étendus.

Camille Merckx

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 7, 2026

Les Ailes du désir · Clermont Auvergne Opéra

Past events

Dec 9, 2025

The heart has its reasons · Opéra de Lille

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Liederkreis by Schumann

Opéra de Lille

Singer in The Diary of One Who Disappeared by Janáček

Opéra de Lille

Marion in Les Ailes du désir by Louati

Clermont Auvergne Opéra

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