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Special offer. Sivar Eldar: Like Flesh

Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi, William Dazeley, Helena Rasker, Juliette Allen, Le Balcon, Maxime Pascal

Sivar Eldar: Like Flesh
the concept is strong and urgent, and the committed cast ably fronts the sonic-philosophical tensions skillfully woven through the fabric by Le Balcon, conducted by Maxime Pascal.

BBC Music Magazine, August 20253 out of 5 stars

Special offer. Sivar Eldar: Like Flesh

Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi, William Dazeley, Helena Rasker, Juliette Allen, Le Balcon, Maxime Pascal

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the concept is strong and urgent, and the committed cast ably fronts the sonic-philosophical tensions skillfully woven through the fabric by Le Balcon, conducted by Maxime Pascal.

BBC Music Magazine, August 20253 out of 5 stars

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Suffering in an unhappy marriage, Woman yearns for a world beyond the boundaries of flesh and an existence outside of the conventions of human society. A secret young Lover's desire instigates an explosive metamorphosis, and Woman finds perfect release as a tree. Sivan Eldar composes with Like Flesh her first opera on a libretto by Cordelia Lynn, a poetic saga inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. A new eco-feminist myth about our broken relationship with an environment in crisis, interpreted by Maxime Pascal and Le Balcon, and recorded by b*records at Opera de Lille.

  • Release date: 22nd Aug 2025
  • Label: B Records
  • Catalogue number: LBM077
  • Length: 80 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 1 "What the Forest Knew": We Can Tell How Ice Withdrew
Work length3:38
  • Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 2 "The Birds Don't Come Here Anymore"
Work length7:15
  • William Dazeley, Helena Rasker, Juliette Allen
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
My Wife Changed When the Birds Left
Track length3:20
There Are Fires in the South
Track length3:55
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 3 "What the Trees Did": Look How We Shore Our Bodies Up Against Your Ruin
Work length2:51
  • Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 4 "The Colour Red"
Work length5:21
  • Juliette Allen, Helena Rasker
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
I Went to the University, Said…
Track length2:22
Her Face is Carved in Sorrow and Stone
Track length2:59
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 5 "Lessons Learnt of Kindness": Talk to Me
Work length2:56
  • William Dazeley, Helena Rasker, Juliette Allen
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 6 "What the Human Did": The Human Came into the Forest with an Axe
Work length0:19
  • Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 7 "The Third Dream"
Work length10:05
  • Juliette Allen, Helena Rasker
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Hotter Now and Lazy
Track length2:18
Dreamt I Found a Creature Under a Rock
Track length4:43
Insects Burrow Under my Skin
Track length3:04
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 8 "What the Human Did Next": Fruits Nuts Acorns
Work length4:03
  • Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 9 "So. Your Wife Has Turned into a Tree"
Work length6:47
  • William Dazeley, Juliette Allen
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
The Forester and The Student
Track length1:38
When the Student Came to Me, Said...
Track length5:09
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 10 "Regret": I Am Afraid of You
Work length2:35
  • William Dazeley, Helena Rasker
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 11 "What the Forest Saw": We Can Tell Where the Bodies Are Buried
Work length1:02
  • Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 12 "A Tree Remembers"
Work length15:11
  • Juliette Allen, Helena Rasker, William Dazeley, Guilhem Terrail
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
The Student and The Tree
Track length1:23
Summer Falls Aways from Us
Track length2:44
Here Again, Always Here
Track length3:28
The Machines Come Closer
Track length2:39
I Love You
Track length2:48
My Language Isn’t Quick Enough
Track length2:09
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 13 "Wood Behaviour": Came Back These Nights
Work length3:13
  • William Dazeley, Juliette Allen
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 14 "Entanglement": Who Carved You?
Work length5:20
  • Helena Rasker, Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
Eldar: Like Flesh, Scene 15 "Winter, Again."
Work length9:55
  • William Dazeley, Juliette Allen, Helena Rasker, Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi
  • Le Balcon
  • Maxime Pascal
The Student Changed with The Weather”
Track length5:05
We Can Tell How the Trees Began Their Slow Migration North
Track length4:50

Awards and reviews

August 2025

the concept is strong and urgent, and the committed cast ably fronts the sonic-philosophical tensions skillfully woven through the fabric by Le Balcon, conducted by Maxime Pascal.
3 out of 5 stars
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