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Ensemble Diderot from Paris will perform works by Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Goldberg, Fasch, Pisendel and Janitsch

This Thursday (13) at 19:30 in the Chamber Hall, the Auditorio de Tenerife is hosting the Sonate a quattro, a programme by Ensemble Diderot. The concert will tackle the baroque quartet sonata, performed with period instruments, with works by Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Goldberg, Fasch, Pisendel and Janitsch. Tickets are available at a price of 15 euros, 5 for people under 30s.

This group, led by Johannes Pramsohler, won the ICMA 2024 award (International Classical Music Awards) for the best Instrumental Baroque recording for its album Sonate a quattro. Since its creation, the Ensemble Diderot has served as an ambassador for the trio sonata, breathing fresh life into great works and enriching the repertoire with new treasures that have been largely unknown until now.

However, in this programme the group is tackling the quartet sonata repertoire. This small body of works plays a decisive role in the history of music, marking the transition from the baroque ensemble sonata to the emergence of the string quartet. The ensemble is formed by Johannes Pramsohler himself on violin and providing artistic direction, Roldan Bernabe on violin, Jamiang Santi on viola, Gulrim Choï on cello and Philippe Grisvard on the harpsichord.

Acclaimed by Gramophone magazine for its “warm tonal brilliance and crystal-clear definition”, over recent years Ensemble Diderot has become one of the most important European chamber music groups that solely perform using period instruments.  The French classical music magazine Classica described them as “wonderfully ready to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln”. 

Johannes Pramsohler, who specialises in investigating and performing the baroque chamber music repertoire, is the founder of the group, which is based in Paris and which takes its name from the French philosopher Denis Diderot. The ensemble is primarily devoted to the endless legacy of 17th and 18th-century trios, quartets, and sonatas. A packed agenda and a painstaking approach to rehearsals have given the group a similar degree of cohesion to that of a permanent string quartet.

The group has been an acclaimed guest on stages and at festivals in both France and internationally. It has been the guest group in residence at Royaumont (France) and Aldeburgh (Great Britain). In 2018 it made its acclaimed debut at the Kölner Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

The Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands collaborates with this concert. The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 on the same schedule. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people and large families

This title from the season of the Opera of Tenerife is a semi-staged show taking place on Wednesday 12.

The Island Council of Tenerife and the Council of Santa Cruz have joined forces to stage the baroque opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt) by George Frederick Handel at Teatro Guimerá. Details of the show were announced by the Island Council’s Minister for Culture, José Carlos Acha; the councillor for Culture, Santiago Díaz, and the artistic director of the Auditorium of Tenerife, José Luis Rivero.

This semi-staged show, which is taking place on Wednesday 12 at 19:30, features the Italian orchestra Accademia Bizantina and six international solo singers, conducted by Ottavio Dantone, along with the staging vision of the director Bruno Berger-Gorski, who has prepared several surprises for the audience.

José Carlos Acha acknowledged that “there is a great operatic tradition in Tenerife, as people have been able to enjoy it for a long time, first at Teatro Guimerá and subsequently at the Auditorium, so this is like a homecoming.” “Opera is the most complete spectacle that you can offer, and in the past life unfolded over the course of an opera, with breaks to eat and shows lasting for several hours, and this is partly what we are bringing back in this experience, by providing a cocktail in the interlude.”

Santiago Díaz stated that he was “very happy to bring back opera to Teatro Guimerá, so I want to thank the Island Council for their work to make it possible.” “Memories from many years ago come to mind of when I fell in love with opera at this theatre, so we are delighted to add this baroque opera to the programming”, shared the councillor, who encouraged the audience to get carried away and enjoy the show.

José Luis Rivero expressed a “shared happiness to fulfil a dream that we have had for a while which was to include a baroque opera in the Opera of Tenerife season, as a style and as a different aesthetic approach to what we have been doing.” The artistic director of the Auditorium of Tenerife explained that this show brings back the original voice types, with three countertenors in a “first-rate international cast that has just made its debut in Italy.” Also, Rivero states that “Teatro Guimerá is the best venue for offering the acoustics that this opera needs.”

War and power are the stars of this story in which the Roman emperor falls in love with Cleopatra on his rise to the throne. The show has received a warm welcome from the public, which has practically filled the theatre already.

Led by Dantone on the harpsichord, the show will feature twenty musicians from the Accademia Bizantina on stage and six singers: the countertenor Raffaele Pe as Julius Caesar, the soprano Marie Lys as Cleopatra, the countertenor Filippo Mineccia as Ptolemy, the contralto Delphine Galou as Cornelia, the countertenor Maximiliano Danta as Sextus Pompey and the bass Davide Giangregorio as Achillas.

A Canarian team was involved in the production of the stage show by Bruno Berger-Gorski, with stage design by Carlos Santos and costumes for extras by Leo Martínez, and a regular collaborator of the Opera de Tenerife, video producer Pedro Chamizo, who will also be in charge of lighting.

The surprises in this performance of this opera in three acts by Handel which premiered in 1724 include fifteen extras and a solo singer for the interlude, the Canarian countertenor David Batista, who will sing for 30 minutes and perform an aria from Rinaldo by Handel.

The story is set during Julius Caesar's Egyptian campaign (48-47 BC) and is based on the librettist Nicola Francesco Haym's interpretation of the historical events of the Roman Civil War. As Caesar pursues Pompey, a Roman general who has become his rival, he travels to Egypt, where he meets and falls in love with Cleopatra. Her younger brother, King Ptolemy, hastily executes Pompey, incurring the wrath of many. Cornelia and Sesto, the wife and son of the murdered general, seek revenge for his death.

At the same time, Cleopatra, Ptolemy's sister, is determined to claim the throne of Egypt, which is rightfully hers as the firstborn. She seeks the support of Caesar, who is smitten and backs her ambitions. Amid cheers from the people and warriors, Cleopatra is crowned queen, and she and Caesar exchange vows of loyalty and love.

Tickets are on sale priced at 20 Euros and there are several discounts available. The Auditorium of Tenerife and Teatro Guimerá are offering the following discounts for this show, which can only be obtained at the Teatro Guimerá ticket office: -50% for members of large families with special status, job seekers with DARDE and people under the age of 30; -25% for members of general large families, people with disabilities at a level of 33% and over, and people over the age of 65; -15% for holders of the Friends of the Guimerá Card and passholders of the Opera of Tenerife for the 2024-2025 season. The ticket office of Teatro Guimerá is open Tuesday to Friday from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00, as well as one hour before the start of the show.

The Ópera de Tenerife is an initiative organised by the Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the ICDC (Regional Institute of Cultural Development) and the INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music). On this occasion, the Autonomous Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is also collaborating.

The proposal is based on Sophocles's play and directed by Fernanda Orazi. The tickets are sold out.

This weekend, La Salita is staging Electra by Sophocles, directed by Fernanda Orazi. The theatrical proposal received the Max Award 2024 for Best Newcomer Production and Best Version and the Godot Award 2023 for Best Conduction. The performances are programmed for Saturday (8th) at 7.30 p.m. and Sunday (9th) at noon in the Auditorio de Tenerife. The tickets for both performances are sold out.

Produced by Pílades Teatro, it was premièred in the Teatro de la Abadía in Madrid n the year 2023. This is a version of the Greek classic by Sophocles based on the translation by José Velasco y García and signed by Orazi. The protagonists of the proposal are Carmen Angulo, Javier Ballesteros, Leticia Etala and Juan Paños.

The director explains that this Electra raises the stakes of the theatre "as far as necessary". “We have embraced this version of Electra and the adventure of engaging with a Greek tragedy that represents something that seems unperformable for us as dramatic beings.

In words of Orazi, "I like to think that it is more like going to the Greco-Latin classics or letting them come to us than going back because that would mean that we have already been there and therefore that we already know them, which is not the case with us". She adds “perhaps what makes a classic a classic is the ability to offer an experience that is always fresh and other to the extent that we don't interact with it as something we already know”.

Since 1995, she has worked in and researched performing procedures in educational settings, laboratories, and creative processes. She has with Pablo Messiez on ten works over the last eleven years, the last of which was Los Gestos, which premiered at the National Drama Centre (CDN) and subsequently toured. Likewise, she has worked as an actress for works directed by Pablo Remón. The last was Doña Rosita Anotada.

As a director, she debuted her first work in Buenos Aires in 2023, Teo con Julia. In 2010, at the Madrid Autumn Festival, she premiered Susana en el agua y con la boca abierta. In 2012, she released El Rumor Analógico de las Cosas in Cuarta Pared. In 2013, she released El Futuro at the Teatro del Barrio in Madrid. Later, in 2017, she released Encarnación at El Umbral de Primavera in Madrid.

In 2023, she won the Godot Award for Best Directing for this version of Electra, and the show was also a finalist at the same edition of the Godot Awards in the Best Show and Best Cast categories. In 2024, she won two Max Awards for this work: Best New Show and Best Version or Adaptation of a Theatrical Work. 

La Salita's programme continues on the 22nd and 23rd of February with Lady Anne, based on Richard III by Shakespeare and performed by Elisabet Gelabert and Inma Nieto. The latter also wrote and directed the text. The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are discounts for those under 30, subscription holders of Ópera de Tenerife and wheelchair users.

‘Revolta’ features musicians performing a symphony from memory on stage while accompanying four urban dancers.

This Wednesday (5 February) at 6 p.m., the Auditorio de Tenerife is staging the new show Revolta by Geneva Camerata in the Symphony Hall. The Swiss orchestra will perform The Symphony No. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) from memory while accompanying four urban dancers on stage. In this show, the group led by the prestigious conductor David Greilsammer explores contemporary social issues such as tolerance, value, and freedom.

Geneva Camerata, returning to the Auditorio after La danse du soleil in 2022, is presenting a unique encounter between the world of krump-a hip-hop dance style that emerged in the suburban areas of Los Angeles- and one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 by Shostakovich. Alongside the Russian composer’s symphony, the programme also includes Birds Dancing in a Tree of Light by Olga Trofimova (1986), which features the solo violinists Dorothée Nodé-Langlois and Stephanie Park.

This powerful show has over forty musicians on stage simultaneously playing and dancing alongside four urban dancers: Grichka, Dexter, Hendrickx and Melissa. Revolta is a choreographed piece by Kader Attou, known for his humanistic and urban approach, and fellow dancer Grichka, a hip-hop and krump specialist.

The bold and innovative Geneva Camerata is formed by young and creative soloists. Praised by the press as one of the world’s most enthralling and unique groups, Geneva Camerata performs music spanning every period and style, from baroque to contemporary, along with electronic music, jazz, rock, and global music. It also creates eclectic multidisciplinary projects that bring together music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.

Its conductor, David Greilsammer enjoys popularity thanks to his eclectic programmes. Also a pianist, Greilsammer is renowned as one of the boldest and most adventurous classical performers at present.  The New York Times distinguished his albums  Baroque Conversations and Mozart In-Between as Recordings of the Year and also selected his concert  Scarlatti:Cage: Sonatas as one of the ten most important musical events of the year. Acclaimed as the creator of several innovative musical projects, Greilsammer has also been lauded for his performances of Mozart. 

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 and €5 for audiences under 30 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people and large families, among others. This concert is held thanks to the collaboration between the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria and the Professional Music Conservatoire of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The proposal is completed with six performances for schoolchildren, which began today in the Chamber Hall 

The Auditorio de Tenerife is staging the performance for the entire family Sin luna, a musical and poetic show that explores the beauty and magic of nighttime. The show, by the company Samfaina de Colors and led by Mirna Vilasís, has sold out the tickets for the family show on Friday. The activity of Samfaina de Colors got underway today (Wednesday 29 January) with the first two performances for schools from the six that are scheduled, which will allow over 1600 school children to enjoy this show in the Chamber Hall.

A girl awaits the moon while singing and playing her instruments in order to create nighttime harmony. When the music rises, the moon rises. When the music turns sombre, the moon grows dark. An owl and wolf accompany this sweet movement of the swaying moon. Dark night. New Moon (Sin luna). Visual finesse and live music. An ideal opportunity to delve into the beauty and magic of the night.

Sin Luna is a reflection of harmony and universal equilibrium through music. The lunar phases provide an allegorical representation of the life cycle. It champions the phase of the New Moon (Sin Luna) as being beautiful and necessary; darkness symbolises introspection, reflection, and calm. The show has no text, and music serves as the language to communicate the feelings and emotions that guide us on this evocative journey:

The two shows that were staged today in the Chamber Hall were attended by representatives from the Pre- and Primary Schools CEIP Villa Ascensión and Julio Castillo Torroba, Santa Cruz; CEO La Pared and CEIP Toscal-Longuera, Los Realejos; the school Santa Catalina de Siena, the secondary school IES Benito Pérez Armas, Santa Cruz, as well as the Psychopedagogical Centre San Juan de Dios, La Laguna.

The double session on Thursday will be attended by the school Colegio Adonai, Aspronte and the Pre- and Primary Schools CEIP Los Campitos, Virgen del Mar and Santa María del Mar, Santa Cruz; CEIP San Benito, the Day Centre Nuevos Caminantes y Hogar San José, La Laguna; CEIP Aldea Blanca, San Miguel, and CEIP Pérez Zamora, Los Realejos.

On Friday, the Auditorium will welcome nine schools: CEIP Agustín Espinosa and Mencey Bentor, Los Realejos; the Occupational Centre Los Verodes and CEIP Mainlop, La Laguna; as well as CEIP Igueste (Candelaria), María del Carmen Fernández Melián (Tegueste), Montaña Pelada (Granadilla), Punta Brava (Puerto de la Cruz) and Miguel Pintor (Santa Cruz).

The couple stars in Leonard Bernstein's chamber opera, which has its final two performances this weekend. 

The final two performances of Trouble in Tahiti , featuring the main couple Sam and Dinah, will take place this Saturday, January 25, and Sunday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife. This chamber opera, produced in-house, is composed by Leonard Bernstein, known for *West Side Story*.

Tickets for this entertaining show, which combines jazz music with irony, are available for €20. There is a discounted price of €10 for people under 30, along with various other discounts.

In this 45-minute opera, a young middle-class married couple in the 1950s grapples with a relationship crisis despite seemingly living the American dream. Rather than addressing their issues directly, they immerse themselves in the consumer-driven materialism typical of the era. A jazz trio, playing in an ironic tone, acts as a Greek chorus to convey this story.

This one-act opera in seven scenes, premièred 1952 in Massachusetts, is part of Bernstein's repertoire, a figure who was one of America's first conductors and well-known for his educational televised concerts. This in-house production by the Auditorio de Tenerife, which was released around this time last year, involves a predominantly local artistic team, with the musical side led by the Tenerife composer and orchestra conductor Francis Hernández and the staging by Siscu Ruz, a Catalan theatre director based in Lanzarote.

The team is completed by the stage designer Carlos Santos from Gran Canaria, who has come up with a white design that creates unity between the stage and the rest of the hall; the costume design is by Leo Martínez from Tenerife, who has taken inspiration from the period dress while adding a futuristic touch; and the lighting is by Ibán Negrín, also from the island, who will surprise the crowd with the atmosphere of the aria Island Magic.

The stage director's approach includes unifying the hall with white, offering a nod to the typical white houses of American residential developments in the storyline. Also, he wanted to add the colour orange to allude "to the symbolism of Mr or Ms Right (known as media naranja, 'half orange', in Spanish), which is so often used to refer to the endless pursuit of true love, which can only be found, allegedly, through the union of two incomplete parts. Has society forgotten that we are already full of oranges?”.

The cast is headed up by the mezzo-soprano Blanca Valido from Gran Canaria, who plays Dinah, and the Mexican baritone Omar Lara, who plays her husband, Sam. The cast is completed by the members of the trio who accompany the lead characters in the narration: Tenerife soprano Candelaria González, Basque tenor Aitor Garitano, and Lanzarote baritone Borja Molina.

Francis Hernández will conduct the Ensemble Ópera de Tenerife, an orchestral ensemble made up of fourteen musicians: Satomi Morimoto (piano), Sara Cabrera (flute), Desirée González (oboe/English horn), Diego Jorge Rodríguez (clarinet), Alberto Díaz (bassoon), Marianne Melián (horn), Aitor Acosta (trumpet), Cristo R. Delgado (trombone), Nelson Hernández (percussion), Juan Manuel Díaz (violin I), Carmen Vázquez (violin II), Alba Gorrea (viola), Diego Pérez (cello) and Juan Carlos Baeza (double bass).

The Auditorio de Tenerife will stage a shortened version by Garth Edwin Sunderland. The four performances offered count with the authorisation of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited.

The Ópera de Tenerife is an initiative organised by the Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the ICDC (Regional Institute of Cultural Development) and the INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music).

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for, among others, students, unemployed people and large families.

The Sunday matinee features the duo of Daniel Oyarzabal and Miriam Hontana

The Auditorio de Tenerife in collaboration with San Miguel Arcángel Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts, is offering one of the concerts of its organ cycle this Sunday (26 January) in the Symphony Hall. The matinee Las estaciones de Vivaldi  features the duo of organist Daniel Oyarzabal and violinist Miriam Hontana.

The Auditorio organ, built by Albert Blancafort and his team, is a 21st-century instrument unique not only for its design but also for its sound and musical ranges. The sounds are produced by 3,835 pipes housed in the walls of the emblematic Symphony Hall. The organist controls them from on-stage through the console and the four keyboards that he can play. This time, the violin has been included as the main new addition in this opening concert of the 2025 organ series.

The concert begins with Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227) by Bach, followed by two transcriptions arranged for organ by Daniel Oyarzabal. These include movements from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64, and the overture from Rossini's La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie).

The second half of the program features three selections from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, allowing the audience to experience Spring, Summer, and Winter this Sunday at Symphony Hall in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

Daniel Oyarzabal has built an extensive international career, performing in over 25 countries across Europe, Asia, and America. He studied in Vitoria, Vienna, The Hague, and Amsterdam. His accolades include the Special Press Award at the National Competition for Young Performers in Ibiza (1991), First Place at the Rome International Music Competition (1998), and Third Place at the XIX Nijmegen International Competition in the Netherlands (2002). He currently teaches Composition at the TAI School of the Arts and serves as the principal organist for the Spanish National Orchestra.

Miriam Hontana has worked tirelessly as a concert soloist, performing at international festivals in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Argentina, and China.

In 2021, she founded the group OBNI, with which she has recently recorded an album featuring Bach and Vivaldi’s concertos for solo violin. OBNI made its debut at the International Festival of Religious Art in the Community of Madrid, and over its brief existence, it has already performed at notable events such as the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music in August 2022.Tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 and €5 for the audience under 30 years on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

The Belgian company NeedCompany will perform the show on Saturday and Sunday at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

This weekend, La Salita presents Un sublime error. Una recapitulación del pasado (A Sublime Mistake. A recapitulation of the past) by the Belgian NeedCompany. The show, a monologue written for the actor Gonzalo Cunill, can be enjoyed this Saturday (25 January) and Sunday (26 January) at 7.30 p.m. at La Salita, the regular theatre space within the Auditorio de Tenerife. The tickets are on sale for a single price of €8, and there are discounts available.

Co-produced by Festival Temporada Alta (Girona), Heartbreak Hotel (Barcelona), and Teatro De La Abadía (Madrid), A Sublime Mistake is based on the slightly lost male characters found in the work of Jan Lauwers, the piece's creator and director. It offers an intimate portrait of a man who views the world with amazement and struggles to understand why he is part of it.

For Lauwers, "this work is about friendship. The three portraits in this story are a part of myself; they are based on my first theatre shows and the friendships I have cherished throughout my career," he explains. In A Sublime Mistake, one character observes that it is much more challenging to be perpetually angry than to hide behind a smile. "With this work, I aim to view this smile not as an act of cowardice, but rather as a weapon to defend humanity itself," Lauwers states.

Lauwers' most renowned works include Isabella's Room, The Lobster Shop, Morning Song, Ulrike, and The Snakesong Trilogy, among others. All of his works are fundamentally grounded in a quest to create as complete a portrait as possible of the individuals with whom he collaborates. Lauwers places equal importance on the character and the actor portraying the character.

His works delve deep into the lives of his characters as individuals, always striving to move beyond contemporary dogmas surrounding diversity and identity. By doing so, he places human nature at the forefront. Themes of failure, love, struggle, and both significant and trivial problems play a vital role in his storytelling.

Needcompany, a performance group founded in 1986 in Belgium by performers Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey, has been at the forefront of innovative and multidisciplinary art. In 2001, they joined forces with the Maarten Seghers group, forming the core of the company involved in all its artistic endeavours, including theatre, dance, performance, visual art, writing, and more. Their creations are showcased on both national and international stages.

From its inception, Needcompany has positioned itself as an international, multilingual, innovative, and multidisciplinary organization focused on the individual artist. Each project is grounded in authenticity, necessity, and meaning. The company continuously questions the medium itself and critically examines the quality of content concerning its form. Needcompany plays a significant role in national and international discussions regarding the urgency and beauty of art.

La Salita's program continues on February 8 and 9 with a performance of Sophocles’ Electra, which won the Max Award for Best New Show and Best Version for its director, Fernanda Orazi. On February 22 and 23, Lady Anne, based on Shakespeare's Richard III, will be performed by Elisabet Gelabert and Inma Nieto, who also wrote the text and directed the production. The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, Ópera de Tenerife subscribers, and wheelchair users.

The show ˋLost Lettersˊ, led by the National Dance Award winner, will be performed this Sunday at the Symphony Hall.

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers this Sunday (19 January), at 7:30 p.m., at the Symphony Hall the show Lost Letters by Lucía Lacarra Ballet. The newly formed dance group is set to premiere a captivating piece featuring eight dancers, along with Matthew Golding, who serves as both a dancer and choreographer and Lucía Lacarra herself. Lacarra is a winner of the National Dance Prize and has recently been awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Notably, tickets for the performance have been sold out for three weeks.

Lost Letters marks the first production by the Lucía Lacarra Ballet. The piece tells a poignant story that explores lost connections and encourages reflection on the power of communication. Through the dancers' technical skill and artistic expressiveness, "Lost Letters" takes the audience on a visually stunning emotional journey. The innovative choreography, coupled with a captivating selection of music from composers such as Rachmaninoff and Max Richter, creates an atmosphere that transports the audience into a realm of deep emotions.

Throughout history, handwritten letters from the front lines during wartime were a vital link between soldiers and their families. However, what happens if one of those letters gets lost? Based on a real letter written by First World War gunner Frank Bracey to his wife, Win, "Lost Letters" imagines how her fate might have changed had she never received the correspondence from her beloved husband.

Lost Letters transforms this true story into a unique narrative for a ballet production. The dancers Francesco Forcina, Gabriel Martínez, Joseph Peñaloza, Meireles Díaz, Manuela Medeiros, Lucía Castellano, Eva Nazareth Suárez, and Itziar Ducajú will join Lacarra and Golding on stage.

The Lucía Lacarra Ballet is an exciting new initiative that blends Lacarra's artistic skill and creative vision with the beauty and power of classical ballet. The company, consisting of ten dancers, aims to uphold the highest artistic excellence and professionalism standards. Its primary goal is to stir emotion, inspire, and connect with new generations of dance enthusiasts.

The event will take place this Sunday (19 January) at 5 p.m. in the Auditorium Francisco Álvarez Abrante in La Perdoma.

 The programme Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) of the Auditorio de Tenerife celebrates its twentieth anniversary this Saturday [19 January] at the Auditorium Francisco Álvarez Abrante in La Perdoma, municipality of La Orotava. The upcoming event is expected to be attended by José Carlos Acha, the Regional Minister of Culture for the Tenerife Island Council, and will feature representatives from various groups involved in amateur theatre in Tenerife.

During the meeting, the Teatruva group from the Association ‘Fiesta de la Vendimia de La Perdoma’ will perform the play "La vida privada de mamá" (Mum's Private Life) by Víctor Ruiz Iriarte. Additionally, several collectives will receive diplomas, including Teatro Nova from Tegueste; the elderly association Tercera Edad Guanche, Flor y Palma from La Orotava; La Jara from Arico; Sucédete Teatro from Candelaria; and the university association Apeiron Teatro from La Laguna.

The Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) program is part of the Educational and Social Area of the Auditorio de Tenerife. It brought together 114 participants in 2024 under the guidance of teachers Irene Pérez, Gregorio Bonilla, Wame Gutiérrez, and Eusebio Galván. Teatro Aficionado aims to foster an interest in theatre as a hobby and to support local associations in producing theatrical plays. The program also encourages communication, the exchange of ideas, and creativity among its members, who are affiliated with youth collectives, cultural groups, women's associations, and neighbourhood organizations.

The main objectives of the program are to promote an appreciation for theatre across various social and cultural groups, to increase public attendance and appreciation of theatrical performances, to enhance the technical and artistic quality of amateur theatre groups, and to create collaborative work groups necessary for play production.

The company La Sísmica presents the progress of their project "El yo, el tú y los seísmos" (Me, You and the Earthquakes) after ten days at La Salita in the Auditorio de Tenerife

The Company La Sísmica, formed by Koset Quintana and Yiyo Ramírez, is presenting the progress of its project El yo, el tú y los seísmos (Me, You and the Earthquakes) this Friday (17 January) at 7:30 p.m. at the Auditorio de Tenerife. This is the public showing of the work that the Canarian artists have been developing at La Salita since the 7^th. This residency involves the collaboration of the Performing Arts and Citizenship Lab of Tenerife (LAV-C). Entry is free until the total capacity is reached.

Koset Quintana is focused on body movement, and Yiyo Ramírez is a juggling and circus specialist. Both artists have combined their disciplines to create a company that explores the relationship between the body, objects, and space. Both were educated in Performing Arts and have taken their acting training to new dimensions, blurring the boundaries between dance and circus and between any disciplines.

With El yo, el tú y los seísmos (Me, You and the Earthquakes), they wanted to build a relationship, create a new world, pursue what is common in the erratic, and forge a bond. This process embraces form and substance, from the handling of the object to the most bodily expression. Thus, the audience will witness the collision between two tectonic plates that come together and transform.

Koset Quintana and Yiyo Ramírez have created a unique piece that combines their two artistic worlds in a relational clash, intertwining the body and objects in a poetic dance. In this work, Quintana's movements are complemented by Ramírez’s actions, resulting in a visual dialogue that challenges expectations and explores new possibilities in performance art. Their collaboration showcases how merging different disciplines can create artistic experiences that embrace a variety of pathways.

Koset Quintana focuses on movement, investigating how the body can engage in a dialogue with space while also being perceived as an object within that space. This deep connection between the body’s potential and its representation is called into question, examining the extent to which our gestures are mere imitations.

Yiyo Ramírez specializes in object handling and contemporary juggling, pushing the boundaries of traditional circus conventions. His talent for transforming everyday objects into tools of artistic expression adds a layer of complexity to his work, inviting the audience to reconsider their relationship with the objects around them.

The artistic duo is responsible for the playwriting, staging, and performance of the piece. They are supported by Richy Gardez, who handles lighting and sound, Nuhacet Galván in charge of video, and René Cañón Cortés and Javi Pino overseeing photography.

This collaboration is part of the "Voice and Body" artistic residencies organized by the Auditorio de Tenerife for La Salita. It marks the beginning of a new partnership with the Laboratory of Live Arts and Citizenship of the Canary Islands (LAV-C). Under the direction of cultural leader Beatriz Bello and artist Darío Bardam, this project has scheduled three residencies for young, performance-oriented Canarian creators, the second of which corresponds to the work of La Sísmica. La Salita's program continues on 25 and 26 January at 7.30 p.m. with the performance of Un sublime error (A Sublime Mistake) by Needcompany. The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €8 on www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327, from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Four performances of ˋTrouble in Tahitiˊ, with tickets at 20 euros and various discounts.

Ópera de Tenerife welcomes 2025 with four performances of Trouble in Tahiti, a chamber opera in-house production. After last year’s success, with tickets sold out, the fun show by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story) is returning to the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife on 18, 19, 25, and 26 January at 7.30 p.m. Tickets for this show, which plays jazz music, are on sale for 20 Euros, 10 Euros for people under 30, and offers several discounts.

This one-act opera in seven scenes is part of Bernstein's repertoire, a figure who was one of America's first conductors and well-known for his educational televised concerts. Premièred in 1952 in Massachusetts, the opera is set in a rich American suburb and tells the story of Dinah's disillusionment with her husband Sam, who is more interested in his career and distractions than in his family.

In this story by the American composer, a young, middle-class married couple in the 1950s is going through a relationship crisis. Far from being tackled by them both, it leads them to seek refuge in the consumerist and rampant material inherent to the North American lifestyle of the era (the American dream). A jazz trio conveys this in an ironic tone, which plays like a Greek chorus during their solo scenes and the couple's arguments.

This in-house production by the Auditorio de Tenerife involves a predominantly local artistic team, with the musical side led by the Tenerife composer and orchestra conductor Francis Hernández and the staging by Siscu Ruz, a Catalan theatre director based in Lanzarote.

The team is completed by the stage designer Carlos Santos from Gran Canaria, who has come up with a white design that creates unity between the stage and the rest of the hall; the costume design is by Leo Martínez from Tenerife, who has taken inspiration from the period dress while adding a futuristic touch; and the lighting is by Ibán Negrín, also from the island, who will surprise the crowd with the atmosphere of the aria Island Magic.

The stage director's approach includes unifying the hall with white, offering a nod to the typical white houses of American residential developments in the storyline. Also, he wanted to add the colour orange to allude "to the symbolism of Mr or Ms Right (known as media naranja, 'half orange', in Spanish), which is so often used to refer to the endless pursuit of true love, which can only be found, allegedly, through the union of two incomplete parts. Has society forgotten that we are already full of oranges?"

The cast is headed up by the mezzo-soprano Blanca Valido from Gran Canaria, who plays Dinah, and the Mexican baritone Omar Lara, who plays her husband, Sam. The cast is completed by the members of the trio who accompany the lead characters in the narration: Tenerife soprano Candelaria González, Basque tenor Aitor Garitano, and Lanzarote baritone Borja Molina.

Francis Hernández will conduct the Ensemble Ópera de Tenerife, an orchestral ensemble made up of fourteen musicians: Satomi Morimoto (piano), Sara Cabrera (flute), Desirée González (oboe/English horn), Diego Jorge Rodríguez (clarinet), Alberto Díaz (bassoon), Marianne Melián (horn), Aitor Acosta (trumpet), Cristo R. Delgado (trombone), Nelson Hernández (percussion), Juan Manuel Díaz (violin I), Carmen Vázquez (violin II), Alba Gorrea (viola), Diego Pérez (cello) and Juan Carlos Baeza (double bass).

The Auditorio de Tenerife will stage a shortened version by Garth Edwin Sunderland. The four performances offered count with the authorisation of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited.

The Opera de Tenerife is an initiative organised by the Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the ICDC (Regional Institute of Cultural Development) and the INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music).

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for, among others, students, unemployed people and large families.