Agenda Municipal / Music Aurora - An opera for a modern-day epic
Sat 05 Apr
Casa das Artes programme
Casa das Artes | Grand Auditorium - 17h00
Admission: 4 euros. Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (aged 65 and over): 2 euros | Rating: M/6 | Running time: 60 mins
The opera begins with an ordinary day between a teenager and her parents. The parents want one thing, the teenager naturally wants the opposite. In this case, the parents want Aurora to devote herself to her studies, but Aurora is only concerned with defying the rules. Believing that she doesn't need adults, least of all her parents, Aurora shows her discontent and tells them to leave her in her corner. And it's this word ‘corner’ that makes the adventures happen: Aurora is taken to some of the corners of the Lusiads, on an inner journey where she crosses paths with the Old Man of Restelo (discouragement and avoidance), Adamastor (fears and anxiety), and Calliope (hope) - the muse of poetry. There's only one way back home. Aurora, who represents teenagers, is a collective character who intersects her personal journey with the challenges we all face throughout our lives, evident in these various characters in Camões' work, in whom we can see ourselves.
Artistic file
Libretto: Eduarda Freitas
Composition: Fernando Lapa, Telmo Marques, Tomás Marques
Musical Direction: Raquel Couto
Staging and Scenic Space: Nuno M Cardoso
Costumes and Staging Assistance: Marina Leonardo
Costume and set design support: Salvador Gil
Light Design: Wilma Moutinho
Sound Design: Frederico Serrano
Performers: Lira Choir, Sara Braga Simões (soloist), Job Tomé (soloist), Dalila Teixeira, Jorge Pereira, Alexandre Abreu, João Luzia, Gabriela Santos and Joana Santos
Illustration: Firooenze Zadeh
Communication and Design: Agência Inquieta
Production: Adriana Leite
Co-production: Teatro Municipal de Matosinhos Constantino Nery, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Casa das Artes de Vila Nova de Famalicão
Support: Portuguese Republic - Culture DGArtes / RTCP
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