Claron McFadden - Claire Chevallier - Josse De Pauw

In peacetime, she was celebrated as an erotic dancer and desired by some of the most powerful men on the continent. In wartime, she was mercilessly executed by the same men as a spy. What was going on in the minds of her admirers and executioners?

What desires, fears and aggression possessed them? And why, a hundred years after her death, can we still not fathom her mystery? In this dramatic recital of French songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries,

Mata Hari still wears the mantle of silence, keeping her secrets hidden behind a façade of veils and mist. Her story is told from the perspective of the many men in (and after) her life, who appear in video recordings.

Production Muziektheater Transparant