General Information

• Length: ±50 minutes
• Instrumentation:
  • Soloists: Heyra (soprano), Xeni (mezzo-soprano), Fara (tenor), Priest (baritone), King (bass-baritone)
  • Choir: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass
  • Ensemble: Flute/Alto Flute/Piccolo, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet (B♭)/Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn (F), Trumpet (B♭), Trombone, Percussion (Tam-tam, Suspended Cymbal, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Tubular Bells, Triangle, Xylophone, Bass Drum), Violoncello, Double Bass

Heyra is a 50-minute chamber opera sung in Carite, a fictional language made by Charlet. It recounts the fictional myth of the titular character Heyra, a priestess to the goddess of the moon, who is forced to make an impossible decision.

Heyra was Charlet's final project for his Master's degree at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and netted him a perfect grade. It was performed as part of I SOLISTI MakerSpace in July 2021 in c o r s o under the baton of Martijn Dendievel with Liesbeth Devos as the titular character. The rest of the soloists included Rosalie Ardts as Xeni, Jóhann Óðinsson as Fara, Aran Matsuda as Priest and Daniel Mosquera Martínez as King. The choir consisted of Agata Kowalik, Charlotte Bary, Zaïra Nikolakopoulou Papadimitriou, Guðmundur Davíðsson, Thomas Vandenabeele and Alexander Van Goethem. The ensemble was made up of a combination of professional I SOLISTI musicians and RCA students.

Sheet Music

Sheet music is available by request.