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Agenda Municipal / Music Maria de Buenos Aires_premiere

Maria de Buenos Aires_premiere
Sat 02 Nov
Casa das Artes programme


Casa das Artes | Grand Auditorium - 21h30

Entry: 6 euros. Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (aged 65 and over): 3 euros | Rating: M/6 | Running time: 60 min

The universe of the operetta ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’, composed by Piazzolla, libretto by Ferrer, is dreamlike and hallucinatory. Divided into 17 scenes, it alternates between sung, recited and instrumental sections, dealing with themes such as life, death, resurrection and motherhood. The current version, seeking a better balance between the musical and textual dimensions, reinforces the interaction between music, dance and dramatic action. The plot follows Maria, a bohemian nightlife figure from Buenos Aires, who moves between the worlds of the living and the dead on a journey of female empowerment. In the first part, summoned to her presence by the Duende, Maria returns to her life of lust and her journey is marked by a series of abuses. Wounded and hospitalised, Maria finds herself between life and death. In the second part, Maria returns as a shadow among the undead, reliving existential dilemmas. Finally, when she receives a message of love from the Leprechaun, she becomes pregnant. At the climax, Maria is reborn from her own shadow, aware of her fight against female oppression and emerging as an icon of power and freedom.

By Astor Piazolla
Libretto: Horácio Ferrer
Artistic direction and staging: António Salgado, Jorge Salgado Correia
Movement Direction and Choreography: Cláudia Marisa
Choreography - Tango: Maria de Belén Giachello
Musical Direction: Jorge Salgado Correia, David Loyd and António Salgado
Vocal Direction: António Salgado
Correpetidor: David Ferreira
Cast (soloists): Marai de Belén Giachello, António Durães, Mário Alves, Tiago Amado Gomes
Cast (choir): Beatriz Gomes, Lioba Vergely, Isabel Gundana, Ana Rita Cruz, Tiago Amado, Gustavo Godinho, Miguel Marinho, Pedro Santos
Set design: Carlos Neves
Costumes: Manuela Bronze
Light design: Rui Damas
Video Design (content): Hugo Mesquita
Video (filming, recording): João Pereira
Sound Design: Miguel Canelhas
Make-up artist: Ana Sousa
Stage Direction and Production: Anita Magalhães Faria, Lara Soares
Production: Associação Portuguesa de Flautas, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Teatro de Barcelos, Teatro de Ponte de Lima, Universidade de Aveiro, Inet-MD, OperaNorte
Co-production: Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Associação Portuguesa de FLAUTAS, Teatro Diogo Bernardes and Teatro Gil Vicente
Acknowledgements: INAC


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