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The ensemble presents its ‘quimeras musicalesˊ (The Musical Chimaeras) from the 17^th and 18^th Centuries this Thursday in the Chamber Hall.

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers a concert by the ensemble El Afecto Ilustrado this Thursday (24 October) at 7.30 p.m. The Chamber Hall welcomes the musicians with their new programme: Borondonaria. Between Mirage and Truth: Musical Chimaeras from the 17^th and 18^th Centuries. The tickets are on sale for a single price of €15 and €5 for audiences under 30 and with the usual discounts.

Inspired by the various storytelling of San Borondón, from that of the navigator Pedro Vello in 1570 to the Scottish scientist and naturalist Edward Harvey in 1862, this programme is an expedition to the enticing land of the legend. The concert draws on authors' works from diverse periods and locations but uses the common imagery and desire of the surreal and fantastic. The concert programme includes pieces by Antonio Draghi, Giovanni Valentini, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Antonio Bertali and Georg Philipp Telemann.

According to its director, violinist Adrián Linares, Borondonaria is 'a whispered account of fantastic creatures, impossible natural phenomena, exotic harmonies and, above all, a world of illusion in which nothing is what it seems, a space for the freedom of imagination amid a society forced to move in machine-like lockstep'.

The ensemble is made up of the violinist Adrián Linares, who conducts it, the violinist Pablo Gutiérrez, the viola players Alejandro Marías and Lixsania Fernández, Diego Pérez on the cello, Francisco Aguiló on the violone, Carlos Oramas on the theorbo, and Raquel García on the organ.

Established in 2012, El Afecto Ilustrado is a Spanish chamber-music ensemble that specialises in historically informed interpretations of the repertoire composed between the early Baroque and Romantic periods. It performs in a proximate and tangible manner.

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 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed people, and large families.

The German maestro Felix Mildenberger will conduct the musicians Antonio Jesús Lasheras, José Llácer, Salvador Alcover and Eugenio Pérez as soloists.

Felix Mildenberger, winner of the prestigious 2021 'Masters of Tomorrow' award, will be the guest conductor at the next concert of the Sinfónica de Tenerife, Mendelssohn y las trompas (Mendelssohn and the Horns), scheduled for Friday, 25 October, at 7.30 p.m. at the Auditorio de Tenerife. The orchestra's hornists, Antonio Jesús Lasheras, José Llácer, Salvador Alcover and Eugenio Pérez, will be the featured soloists at this event, underscoring the talent and artistic quality of the ensemble's musicians. The hornists have stated that they look forward to performing with their colleagues, all sharing a profound camaraderie. 'This unique opportunity is going to be a lot of fun, and we think the concert will be memorable', said the soloists. The performance will be conducted by Felix Mildenberger, who led the orchestra in a concert last year and has one of the most distinguished careers on the international scene.

The first part of the programme will include Mendelssohn's famous overture, The Hebrides, in which the sound of the horns will evoke an atmosphere of magic, heroism and fantasy closely associated with the Romantic spirit of the period. This performance will be followed by an interpretation of Robert Schumann's Konzertstück for Four Horns. This concerto is among the first major works to harness the potential of the valved horn. It reflects the instrument's popularity in Germany at the time. The second part of the programme will continue with Mendelssohn. The composer's Symphony No. 1 in C minor is representative of his fascination with wind instruments during the initial stages of his career when he became well known for his precociousness.

The Tenerife Association for Friends ATADEM, as in every Symphonic recital, will offer a talk about the works that will be performed, given by Lourdes Bonnet Fernández-Trujillo, on Friday, 25 October 2024, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., at the Sala Avenida (in the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife).

Tickets for this concert can be purchased until the day of the event on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, 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. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition, those wishing to attend the concert may use the Lanzadera Sinfónica, a free bus service taking passengers from the north and south of the island to the auditorium. To access this service, you must collect a free bus ticket. Even if you already have a ticket for the concert, you will have to make a reservation for the free transport, as seating will be limited. The bus tickets may be reserved through the same channels used to purchase event tickets until the day before the concert, at 11 p.m.

During the 2023-24 season, he debuted with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at Christmas concerts and conducted a performance of George Benjamin's "Written on Skin" at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. During the following season, he will conduct "'The Damnation of Faust"' at the Slovene National Opera and return to Tenerife, Belgrade, and Zurich.

His musical education began with violin, viola and piano. He studied conducting in Freiburg and Vienna and was a fellow conducting member of the Aspen Music Festival. His mentors include Lutz Köhler, Gerhard Markson, Mark Stringer and Scott Sandmeier. He also attended lectures by David Zinman, Paavo Järvi, Bernard Haitink, Markus Stenz, and others. Between 2015 and 2017, he taught conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He gave lectures for young conductors at the University Mozarteum Salzburg during Mozart Week 2020. A continued scholarship holder of the Dirigentenforum, in 2021, he was added by the Deutscher Musikrat organisation to the list' Maestros of Tomorrow', which recognises artists with long-standing artistic quality.

Felix Mildenberger worked with notable orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the DSO Berlin, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the hr-Symphony Orchestra, the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Camerata Salzburg, the Ensemble Modern, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Camerata Salzburg, the Ensemble Modern, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre National de Lille, and with soloists such as Julia Fischer, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, Sabine Meyer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Daniel Lozakovich, James Ehnes and Alexej Gerassimez.

This in-house production of Auditorio de Tenerife will also be staged on Thursday and Saturday.

Tomorrow (Tuesday 15th), at 7.30 p.m., the Auditorio de Tenerife will host the premiere of Ariadne Auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss. This in-house production marks the beginning of the subscription season of Ópera de Tenerife. The other two performances have the same starting times on Thursday and Saturday at the Symphony Hall.

This opera consists of a prologue and one act. It is based on the mythological story of Ariadne, abandoned by her lover, Theseus, on the Greek island of Naxos shortly after she helped him defeat the Minotaur. Commedia dell'arte characters led by Zerbinette, played by the soprano Serena Sáenz, will encourage the princess, the leading role played here by the soprano Irina Churilova, who ends up meeting the god Bacchus, who will be brought to life here by the tenor Michal König. The mezzo-soprano Na'ama Goldman will play the role of composer.

The rest of the singers participating in this production are the soprano Marie Lombard as Najade, a water nymph; mezzo-soprano Claire Gascoin as Dryade, an earth nymph; soprano María Miró as Echo, an air nymph; baritone Nikolay Borchev as Harlequin and a music teacher, tenor Emmanuel Faraldo as Scaramuccio and an officer, bass Francesco Leone as Truffaldin and a footman, tenor Paul Schweinester as Brighella and a dancing master, actor Giulio Cervi as the butler, and bass Aleksandr Utkin as the hairdresser. The cast also features actors Joan Carlos Expósito, Daniel Marrero, Jonatan Fernández, and Saulo Trujillo, as well as the children Jorge Hernández and Raúl Aladrén.

The music is provided by the Sinfónica de Tenerife, conducted by Diego Martin-Etxebarria. The stage director of this production, Nicola Berloffa, points out the ‘difficulty of making two operas in one’, and he has designed a proposal that ‘begins in a Viennese palace during the First World War and continues in a mythical time, invading the first stage with the sand of the desert’. The lighting is by Valerio Tiberi, while the set design by Andrea Belli is 8 metres high and 18 metres long. There are 120 handcrafted mouldings.

For the new season, the subscription for Tuesday and Thursday is 100 euros, and Saturday is 150 euros. Those aged under 30 still have the option to get a subscription for 20 euros. The offer has discounts for large families, wheelchair users, and the person accompanying them. Single tickets for this opera can be purchased for €30 for the Tuesday and Thursday performances, and €50 for the Saturday performance. For the audience under 30 years of age, a single ticket costs 10 euros.

In addition to Ariadne auf Naxos, the titles that make up the subscription are Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly (November), a production of the Teatro Comunale di Modena; La Bella Susona by Alberto Carretero (December), a contemporary proposal co-produced by Auditorio de Tenerife and the Teatro de la Maestranza of Seville, Giovanna d'Arco, by Giuseppe Verdi (March), co-produced by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, and Parsifal, symphonic-choral synthesis in three acts by Pedro Halfter (June), an adaptation of the work by Wagner for choir and orchestra.

The Island Council has set up an Opera Shuttle to facilitate access to these performances, offering free transport on Saturdays. Two TITSA buses will depart at 5:15 p.m. from the south (Adeje) and the north (Buenavista), with the Auditorio de Tenerife as their destination. Once the event is over, there will be a 15-minute gap until the buses drive the route in the opposite direction.

To access this service, you must collect a bus ticket purchased as a show; instead of choosing a fare, select the name of the stop where you will join the journey. Whether you have a ticket for the show or have yet to buy one, you must collect this invitation to board the Shuttle. Places for the Opera Shuttle are limited and will be available until the day before the show at 3 p.m.

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 proposal of the Argentinian director Guillermo Cacace takes place using an intimate and immersive format.

The Auditorio de Tenerife opens La Salita, the new theatre programme, with three performances of Gaviota. This work is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play by the Argentinian director Guillermo Cacace. The sessions will take place tomorrow (Friday 11th), Saturday (12th) and Sunday (13th) at 7:30 p.m. The proposal, starring five actresses, will offer an intimate and immersive experience.

In Gaviota, life is portrayed as the abandoned and worm-eaten stage of Chekhov's play beside a lake, whose curtain waves in the wind like the sobbing of the defeated. Masha attempts to assemble the threads of this story of unrequited loves, dreams that shatter upon coming true, and pain that accumulates over the years.

Juan Ignacio Fernández, who wrote this version and the dramaturgy, explains that "understanding Chekhov as the author who can unite the everyday with the sublime, a practically impossible act. I tried to identify in the extensive original work (The Seagull) the tragic part in each of the characters, to concentrate the essential in the scenes and for the passage of time to be incorporated into the cadence and rhythm of the dialogues". As for the process, he continues explaining that "for a play initiated in the pandemic, the virtual rehearsals also affected the playwriting work, during which I finished constructing the version that we are presenting today".

Guillermo Cacace assures that in his latest productions, he has gone through processes that "have to do with a search linked to the fact that the rehearsal never dies, that the premiere does not kill it". "The rehearsal has something of the order of the unresolved, of imperfection, of the everlasting test, of the permitted error, of the unfinished, of giving place to the accident that I understand brings to the making a vital condition that sometimes the performance and its confrontation with the audience try to control", reflects Cacace, for whom this "aesthetic of the rehearsal" in terms of its openness to the audience is also "an ethics of the rehearsal militated in socio-affective alliances".

The actresses leading this proposal (recommended for children over 14) are Clarisa Korovsky, Marcela Guerty, Paula Fernandez MBarak, Muriel Sago and Romina Padoan.

La Salita's programme for high school students continues next week with Don Quixote. Walking Stories, produced by the Mexican theatre companies Teatro de la Rendija and Silkateatro Andante. This text-based work, written for an actress and a world of objects, is based on a selection of texts from Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote that Roberto Azcorra, Silvia Káter, and Raquel Araujo have adapted.

On 15 and 16 November, La Salita will offer El vendedor de humo (The Smoke Vendor), a one-person show directed and performed by Joan Font, the founder of the theatre company Comediants. The show reviews Mr Font’s personal life and career and marks the company’s 50 years of professional experience.

On 28 and 29 November, the Mexican theatrical troupe Los Colochos will perform their new show Tuta, based on the Shakespearean tragedy Titus Andronicus and interpreted in the setting of a Mexican prison. The staging of the troupe’s new adaptation provides a new and different context for exploring ideas such as territory, violence, cruelty, and vengeance.

La Salita is a newly inaugurated space for interpreting local, national and international performing arts. This new initiative is chiefly focused on text-based theatre. In addition to entertainment for people of all ages, including families and children, La Salita will be used for activities such as artist residencies, training programmes, in-house productions, commissioned works, theatrical readings and drama-research workshops.

Tickets for the shows at La Salita, at a general price of 8 euros, can be purchased at 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 00 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The group Cuarteto Federal, Christian Cabrera's quintet and the proposal Jazz & Dance will perform at the Chamber Hall

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts two days of the Canarias Jazz Showroom in the Chamber Hall at 7.30 p.m. The event starts on Friday (11th) with the group Cuarteto Federal and continues on Saturday (12th) with Christian Cabrera's quintet, preceded by the performance of Jazz & Dance. Tickets for each concert can be purchased at a general price of €15, €5 for audiences under 30.

The group performing on Friday, Cuarteto Federal, is a contemporary jazz quartet of veteran artists from different parts of Spain, including Xacobe Martínez Antelo, who hails from Santiago de Compostela and is known for being the bassist of the group Sumrrá, Kike Perdomo on the sax, from the Canary Islands, Javier Galiana on the piano, from Andalusia, and Guillem Arnedo on the drums, from Catalonia. After touring stages in Galicia and Madrid, they present their most recent work, which was recently released on the Canarian label 96kMusic.

As part of the second day of the event, the Canarias Jazz Showroom Awards will be given to the year's best projects and artists. The Jazz & Dance concert starts with a new dance proposal for the festival that combines the most contemporary style with the most traditional. The dancers Raquel Lucille and Jep Meléndez, with Fernando Angúlo on drums and Manuel Hernández on bass and a horn section, will show how well the two disciplines can be combined.

Next to perform is the young guitarist and composer Christian Cabrera from La Palma. He will offer us Ethereal Vibes, his first project as a composer, in which he seeks to break free of dogmas by uniting urban sounds with an avant-garde approach, including singable melodies, improvisations, breakbeat, rap and much more. Cabrera's style draws on jazz artists from the 1960s (Shorter, Trane) and contemporary avant-garde influences (Tigran Hamasyan, Rafiq Bathia). The guitarist from La Palma is joined by Nelson Hernández López on the drums, Pablo Díaz Ramos on the piano and keyboards, Ana Ayala Vidaurrázaga on the flute and voice, and Alba Gil Aceytuno on the sax.

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 05 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 02 p.m. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people and large families.

Ópera de Tenerife takes on a historical record with 1,150 subscription holders just eleven days before the season starts.

The Tenerife Island Council presents Ariadne auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss, or a return to the house opera productions with a large format at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

This first subscription title takes place on the 15, 17 and 19 October at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphonic Hall. José Carlos Acha gave the show details; the regional minister of Culture of the Tenerife Island Council, the General Director of Cultural Innovation and Creative Industries, Cristóbal de la Rosa, José Luis Rivero, the Artistic Director of the Auditorio de Tenerife; the musical director, Diego Martin-Etxeberria, the stage director, Nicola Berloffa, and the soprano Irina Churilova in representation of the cast.

The island minister for Culture took the opportunity to announce that "with 11 days to go until the season kicks off, the number of subscriptions for Ópera de Tenerife has reached 1,150, which is a record for the Tenerife opera season". "With this show, we return to our large-format production, similar to the size of Lucrezia Borgia in 2020. The set design is 8 metres high and 18 metres long, which has been in the works since May in the training and scenic creation workshop of the Auditorio de Tenerife", explained José Carlos Acha.

Cristóbal de la Rosa recalled that "from the Canary Islands Government, we support Ópera de Tenerife and the opera productions in Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. We are convinced of how valuable opera is, not only as a total performance but also as one of the best ways to get the population closer to the necessary reflections of today". The general director wanted to end his intervention by congratulating "the entire Auditorio de Tenerife team for maintaining this lyrical programme and for putting on their productions like this one, which generates extraordinary value in our society".

José Luis Rivero acknowledged that "we begin the subscription season with Richard Strauss, one of the greats, and are very happy with the team we have to carry it out". Without everyone's teamwork, making a production of this kind come true would be impossible. We feel very proud of the great team we have", said the artistic director, who reminded the audience that "at the Auditorio de Tenerife, we create culture for all citizens, so we hope that they like it very much and enjoy it as much as we do make it".

Diego Martin-Etxebarria has lived in Germany for 17 years. He is "very grateful that they have thought of me for this production, a German Strauss repertoire with which I feel very comfortable". The conductor, who will take the baton of the Sinfónica de Tenerife, pointed out "the good atmosphere that exists in the production, both on the part of the exceptional cast and the rest of the team". "I love music, but more than that, I love being happy. In this production in Tenerife, both things are happening, where everyone is rowing for us to be successful," he declared.

For Nicola Berloffa, "It is a pleasure to return after Lucia de Lammermoor (2018). I am grateful that they have allowed an Italian director to do this German title". He also had thankful words to all his artistic team and the cast, "who have lent themselves to this journey, a new project with a frenetic pace". The maestro pointed out the "difficulty of making two operas in one, which apparently have nothing in common: a prologue in a palace, which we have set in Vienna during the First World War, and an opera that takes place in a mythical time, invading the first stage with the sand of the desert in a dreamlike atmosphere, like an escape from reality".

Irina Churilova, the soprano who plays Ariadne, said she was "pleased to be in Tenerife in this theatre where I dreamed of singing one day". "Many amazing colleagues with powerful and enchanting voices have come together on this magical island for this production, something that rarely happens," said the singer. "We are in the hands of two wonderful maestros and with an orchestra that is everything to us", declared the artist, who emphasised that "we are all part of the opera, and we are making it for the public so that they can be as happy as we are performing it".

This opera consists of a prologue and one act and is based on the mythological story of Ariadne, abandoned by her lover Theseus on the Greek island of Naxos shortly after she helped him defeat the Minotaur. Commedia dell'arte characters led by Zerbinette, played by the soprano Serena Sáenz, will encourage the princess, the leading role played here by the soprano Irina Churilova, who ends up meeting the god Bacchus, who will be brought to life here by the tenor Michal König. The mezzo-soprano Na'ama Goldman will play the role of composer.

The rest of the cast includes soprano Marie Lombard as Najade, a water nymph; mezzo-soprano Claire Gascoin as Dryade, an earth nymph; soprano María Miró as Echo, an air nymph; baritone Nikolay Borchev as Harlequin and a music teacher, tenor Emmanuel Faraldo as Scaramuccio and an officer, bass Francesco Leone as Truffaldin and a footman, tenor Paul Schweinester as Brighella and a dancing master, actor Giulio Cervi as the butler, and bass Aleksandr Utkin as the hairdresser. The cast also features actors Joan Carlos Expósito, Daniel Marrero, Jonatan Fernández, and Saulo Trujillo, as well as the children Jorge Hernández and Raúl Aladrén.

The artistic team is led by Nicola Berloffa, the stage director and costume designer. Valerio Tiberi's lighting and Andrea Belli's set design complete the team. The scene is inspired by one of the rooms in Schönbrunn Palace, and the costumes are reminiscent of the House of Austria, the name given in Spain to the Habsburg dynasty.

For the new season, the subscription for Tuesday and Thursday is 100 euros, and Saturday is 150 euros. Those aged under 30 still have the option to get a subscription for 20 euros. The offer has discounts for large families, wheelchair users, and the person accompanying them.

In addition to Ariadne auf Naxos, the titles that make up the subscription are Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly (November), a production of the Teatro Comunale di Modena; La Bella Susona, by Alberto Carretero (December), a contemporary proposal co-produced by Auditorio de Tenerife and the Teatro de la Maestranza of Seville, Giovanna d'Arco, by Giuseppe Verdi (March), co-produced by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, and Parsifal, symphonic-choral synthesis in three acts by Pedro Halfter (June), an adaptation of the work by Wagner for choir and orchestra.

To facilitate access to these performances, the Island Council has set up an Opera Shuttle, offering free transport on Saturdays. Two TITSA buses will depart at 5:15 p.m. from the south (Adeje) and the north (Buenavista), with the Auditorio de Tenerife as their destination. Once the event is over, there will be a 15-minute gap until the buses drive the route in the opposite direction.

To access this service, you must collect a bus ticket, which is purchased as a show; instead of choosing a fare, select the name of the stop where you will join the journey. Whether you have a ticket for the show or have not yet bought one, you must collect this invitation to board the Shuttle. Places for the Opera Shuttle are limited and will be available until the day before the show at 3:00 p.m.

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 and subscriptions can be purchased 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. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people, and large families, and a special price for the audience under 30 years of age.

It will host local, national and international proposals

The Auditorio de Tenerife launches its theatrical programming with  La Salita, a newly inaugurated space for interpreting local, national and international performing arts. This new activity is chiefly focused on text-based theatre. Councillor for Cultural Affairs José Carlos Acha and Tenerife Auditorium’s Artistic Director José Luis Rivero announced the details on 2 October.

Mr Acha said, “Our new hall, La Salita, constitutes an area of freedom for interpreting performing arts. This singular space, formerly Castillo Hall, was already used as a site for artistic residencies, theatre workshops, and some shows. But now, thanks to the staff of the Auditorio de Tenerife, it will have its own regularly scheduled programming, with more events and a greater focus on the public”. The councillor added that “the Auditorium had projected this space for text-based theatre, and now we have taken that step”.

José Luis Rivero described this initiative as “part of the Auditorio de Tenerife’s vision of innovation and renewal”. In collaboration with local authorities, the revision concluded that “we needed to do something to create a space dedicated to text-based theatre. We saw a need for theatre that deals with real issues and acts as a mirror that is placed before society and reflects our reality”. The auditorium’s artistic director went on to say, “For this reason, we intend to use La Salita for political theatre, with contemporary interpretations and social commentary. The idea is to provide entertainment with transcendence, to make audiences feel they’ve experienced something when the curtain falls”.

In addition to providing entertainment for people of all ages, including families and children, La Salita will be used for activities such as artist residencies, training programmes, in-house productions, commissioned works, theatrical readings, drama-research workshops, and research works. These performances and activities constitute another step forward in the Auditorium's full-spectrum approach over the last two decades and its involvement throughout the value chain of live performances.

This initiative kicks off on the 11, 12 and 13 October at 7:3 p.m. with the Argentinian proposal Gaviota (Seagull), by Antón Chéjov, directed by Guillermo Cacace. In Gaviota, life is portrayed as the abandoned and worm-eaten stage of the play beside a lake, whose curtain waves in the wind like the sobbing of the defeated. Masha attempts to assemble the threads of this story of unrequited loves, dreams that shatter upon coming true, and pain that accumulates over the years.

Next week's programming will be dedicated entirely to upper-secondary schoolchildren, featuring Don Quixote. Walking Stories, a production by the Mexican theatre companies Teatro de la Rendija and Silkateatro Andante. This text-based work, written for an actress and a world of objects, is based on a selection of texts from Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote that have been adapted by Roberto Azcorra, Silvia Káter, and Raquel Araujo.

On 15 and 16 November, La Salita will offer “El vendedor de humo” (The Smoke Vendor), a one-person show directed and performed by Joan Font, the founder of the theatre company Comediants. The show reviews Mr Font’s personal life and career and marks the company’s 50 years of professional experience.

On 28 and 29 November, the Mexican theatrical troupe Los Colochos will perform their new show Tuta, based on the Shakespearean tragedy Titus Andronicus and interpreted in the setting of a Mexican prison. The staging of the troupe’s new adaptation provides a new and different context for the exploration of ideas such as territory, violence, cruelty, and vengeance.

In the coming weeks, the auditorium’s website will be updated with details on other shows and the artistic residencies comprising the basis for the regular programming of performing arts in La Salita.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €8 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.

More than 180 educational establishments have shown their interest in receiving the artistic proposals.

The ninth edition of the Teatro en la Escuela (Theatre at School) programme kicks off this month as an initiative organised by the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of the Island Council. The representatives of the selected companies held a meeting yesterday (Monday 30^th of September) with the Regional Minister of Culture, José Carlos Acha, and the artistic director of the Auditorio de Tenerife, José Luis Rivero.

Acha announced to those present that 'the significant increase (183) of applications presented by the island's educational establishments has led the Island Council to make an effort. Thus, the number of performances by the thirteen companies selected in the schools has increased. The councillor recalled that seven artistic proposals had been chosen for the exhibition - each one will be staged in fourteen centres - and six creative processes will take place in seven educational facilities.

José Luis Rivero added that 'we would like to achieve a balance between the requests from the educational centres between the functions (338 this year) and the creative processes' and considered that they are working in the right direction because 141 applications have been received in this edition.

The thirteen artistic proposals have been chosen through a competitive public call for proposals. They are aimed at pupils for preschool, primary, secondary, baccalaureate education, and training cycles. In addition, the Auditorio de Tenerife will provide teachers with a teaching guide to prepare the work beforehand in class and optimise the educational possibilities of the programme.

The following shows comprise Theatre at School catalogue in the 2024-2025 course: The Brave Squirrel by Laura Escuela, La más bonita (The Most Beautiful) by Bolina Títeres, A Ciencia cierta (For Sure), by El Wije Producciones, Abuelo Ado y señor Balleno (Grandfather Ado and Mr. Balleno) by Ana Erre, uNpACKAGING by Zireja, Manos Mojadas (Wet Hands) by Mon Peraza and ¡Valientes! (Brave) by Burka Teatro.dvx3. The six companies chosen to carry out the creative processes are La bailarina y la caja mágica (The dancer and the magic box) by the company I+D Danza with Ana Beatriz Alonso, Asombrario by Paloma Balandis, Guateque by Innova_ dos23 and Paula Quintana, Atrás. Hacia futuros fantásticos (Back. Towards fantastic futures) by Producciones Arteide-Aleksandar Georgiev, Ellos y ellas también escriben canciones (They write songs too) by Andrés Molina and Tormenta (Storm) by Susana García.

This work, which has just been awarded Best Album in Europe, will be performed with piano and Portuguese guitar. 

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers this Saturday (5 October), at 7.30 p.m., a concert by the singer LINA_ at the Chamber Hall, which will unveil its acoustic improvements. The Portuguese artist will present Fado Camões, which revolves around the 16th-century poetry of Luís Vaz de Camões, commemorating the fifth centenary of his birth. The Transglobal World Music Charts (TWMC) voted this work the best album in Europe. The tickets are on sale for a single price of €15 and €5 for audiences under 30. There are discounts available.

This latest distinction adds to the awards already won by this project and to the more than 40 concerts performed and programmed this year all over Europe. The concert will feature LINA_, voice and synthesiser, Ianina Khmelik, piano and synthesiser, and Pedro Viana, Portuguese guitar player.

In the studio, the guitar of the Portuguese Pedro Viana (who has played with Mariza, Ana Moura, and Carminho, among others, and who remains connected to the fado universe) is combined with the piano, the keyboards, and the exceptional arrangements of John Baggott, a musician and composer who has worked with Massive Attack and Portishead. Likewise featured in this work is Ianina Khmelik (piano and synthesisers), whose talent has secured her a place with the contemporary Remix Ensemble of the Casa da Música Concert Hall and with the Porto Symphony Orchestra - and we must not forget about her role in several innovative electronic music projects.

Fado Camões is now presented after the remarkable success of the album Lina_Raül Referee, which was presented in 2020 at the Auditorio de Tenerife to sold-out audiences and in which LINA_ recorded the repertoire of Amália Rodrigues in collaboration with the prominent Spanish producer who has worked on albums by Rosalía and Thurston Moore. LINA_ is now tackling the poetry of Camões, one of the greatest exponents of Portuguese culture, strengthening her hold as a composer in some of the songs.

LINA_ has been awarded multiple prizes and nominations in Portugal and internationally. Currently, the singer is working with Justin Adams, the prestigious British musician and producer whose track record includes close work with the legendary Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) and productions for artists like Rachid Taha, Tinariwen, and Jah Wobble—as well as the latest album by Souad Massi.

Adams grew up in Egypt and that experience later led him to work with several artists to explore the connection between the blues and the traditional forms of Maghrebi music. The influences of these unique African beats on fado are well documented; thus, the ideas that Justin Adams brings to this new creation by LINA_ may surprise music lovers.

Continuing her unique vision of reinventing Portuguese fado, a genre classified by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, LINA_ is set to present audiences with yet another fresh perspective.

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 students, unemployed people and large families.

Next Thursday at the Chamber Hall, the music disseminator will expound on the details of the first opera performance in the 2024-2025 season.

Ramón Gener returns for the second consecutive season to offer informative lectures in the Auditorio de Tenerife about the operas in subscription. This Thursday (3 October) at 7.30 p.m., the Chamber Hall is staging the first meeting with Ramón Gener, who is also a writer. Ramón –already a real ambassador of the Ópera de Tenerife– will analyse the details of Ariadne auf Naxos, composed by Richard Strauss.

For these presentations, where Gener enriches his explanations with live piano accompaniment, tickets for the general public are priced at 8 euros and 5 euros for those under 30. However, opera subscription holders receive a 50% discount, reducing the cost to 4 euros. After the lecture, there will be a stand in the Hall with Gener's first novel, Historia de un piano (History of a Piano), and the winner of the Ramon Lull Prize himself will sign his work.

Ópera de Tenerife starts its subscription programme for the 2024-2025 season, Tu lugar en la ópera (Your Place at the Opera), with an in-house production, directed by the Italian maestro Nicola Berloffa, of this work composed by the German genius Strauss and with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The performances are scheduled for Tuesday, 15, Thursday, 17 and Saturday, 19 October in the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio, which kicks off this season by optimising its acoustics.

The plot begins with a mise en abyme prologue where the characters decide what to perform. The rest of the opera is based on the mythological story of Ariadne, who was abandoned by her lover, Theseus, on the Greek island Naxos shortly after helping him defeat the minotaur. Commedia dell'arte characters led by Zerbinette will encourage the princess, who ends up meeting the god Bacchus.

Lectures with Ramón Gener will continue in November (5 and 20 November) to delve into Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini and La Bella Susona by Alberto Carretero. Gener's last lecture about Giuseppe Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco will take place on 14 March 2025.

Born in Barcelona, Ramón Gener holds a humanities and business studies degree. When he was six, he began his studies as a musician at the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Liceu. After a career lasting several years as a baritone, he started a new phase as a musical educator, offering conferences about opera, classical music and art, which have taken him to radio and television, even internationally.  He has published four books: Si Beethoven pudiera escucharme (2013), El amor te hará inmortal (2016), Beethoven, un músico sobre un mar de nubes (2020) and Historia de un piano (2024).

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.

Cinco intérpretes ofrecerán el próximo miércoles un viaje por diversos periodos de la historia de la música

El Auditorio de Tenerife programa, dentro de su Ciclo de Cámara, un concierto del Viola Fest. La Sala de Cámara, que estrena mejoras acústicas y visuales en esta temporada, recibe a los cinco intérpretes internacionales de esta propuesta el miércoles de la próxima semana [día 2], a las 19:30 horas. El programa abordará composiciones de Henry Purcell, Frank Bridge, Maurice Ravel y Johannes Brahms.

El ensemble de cuerda frotada de este concierto está compuesto por Marco Rizzi y Geneviève Laurenceau al violín, Nobuko Imai y Macarena Pesutic a la viola y Enrico Bronzi con el violonchelo. Rizzi ha sido galardonado en concursos internacionales como el Chaikovsky y Queen Elizabeth, y es profesor de violín de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía de Madrid. Laurenceau es profesora de violín en el Institut D´Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique Europe et Méditerranée, ganadora del quinto concurso de Le Violon de l´Adami y es directora artística del Festival de Música Obernai fundado en 2009.

Imai es profesora en el Conservatorio de Ámsterdam, la Academia de Kronberg y la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. La violista Pesutic ha sido ganadora del Concurso RWE de Leipzig y del Music Teachers National Association, y es profesora del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias  desde 2005. Por su parte, Bronzi es chelista del Trio di Parma y profesor de la Universität Mozarteum de Salzburgo desde 2007.

El concierto comienza con Tres fantasías para violas a tres voces de Henry Purcell, escrita durante el verano de 1860. La primera presenta multiplicidad de motivos marcados por síncopas recurrentes en la segunda sección. La siguiente muestra un laberinto de modulaciones complejas, cromatismos y retardos, mientras que la tercera brilla por la libertad polifónica y las constantes modificaciones en la estructura melódica y rítmica. El programa continúa con Lamento para dos violas de Frank Bridge, escrita y estrenada en 1912, que destaca por el diálogo íntimo que se produce entre ambos instrumentos, creando una atmósfera de melancolía.

La siguiente obra es la Sonata para violín y violoncello de Maurice Ravel dedicada al compositor impresionista Claude Debussy. La obra, articulada en torno a dos temas principales, muestra un interés del compositor por el contrapunto y un reflejo de la preferencia por la melodía frente al rechazo de la armonía. El concierto finalizará con el Quinteto para cuerdas número 2 en sol mayor, opus 111, de Johannes Brahms, compuesto en 1890 y dividido en cuatro movimientos.

Las entradas, a un precio general de 15 euros, se pueden adquirir en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com, en la taquilla de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas y de forma telefónica llamando al 902 317 327 en el mismo horario. Hay disponibles descuentos para menores de 30 años, estudiantes, desempleados y familias numerosas.

The Island Council's new undertaking also offers an open-air performance at the Espacio La Granja this Wednesday.

The first edition of 'Ópera en minúscula' (small-format opera) finishes this week with an open-air show and two performances of Alone with Marilyn. Both events of this programme, presented by the Island Council of Tenerife in collaboration with the Canary Islands Government, will take place at Espacio La Granja at 7.30 p.m. One of the objectives of this new proposal for the Ópera de Tenerife season is to draw new spectators to less conventional venues using innovative formats.

The programme continues this Wednesday (25th) outside the Espacio La Granja with the performance La Plaza. This experiment showcases how eight artists come together to create and seek possibilities within the opera genre, exploring the limits of each of its member's performing skills. This creative process blurs individuality and roles in favour of creativity, fostering a space for vulnerability and affection or a search for commotion. 

With a largely process-based approach, this group has worked as a laboratory during an artistic residency, prioritising search and exploration and shunning the logic of an industry-imposed result. La Plaza seeks to defy the operatic canon by breaking away from judgment, space and time. Entry is free until total capacity is reached.

Two performances of Alone with Marilyn will take place this Friday (27) and Saturday (28). This chamber opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano, electric viola, electric guitar, and soundscapes explores betrayal, self-destruction, and the influence of modern-day myths on society's perception of reality. The National Music Award winner David del Puerto composed this opera's music, combining contemporary styles with classic techniques.

The story is based on Alfonso Zurro's theatrical work with the same title, and Zurro himself adapted it to the operatic format. The work focuses on the everyday life of a mother and supermarket cashier and the crisis she experiences after being abandoned by her husband. Upon hearing the name Marilyn, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and desperation in which she will confuse reality, fantasy, dreams and delirium when she becomes obsessed with the enigmatic figure of the cinema actress Marilyn Monroe. Alone with Marilyn is a co-production of Teatro Xtremo, Ópera de Tenerife and Madrid Cultura y Turismo (MACUTU) of the Community of Madrid.

Tickets for Alone with Marilyn can be purchased at a general price of €10 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. They are also available at the Espacio La Granja box office on the day of the show. Check the special discounts for unemployed people (-50%), the audience under 30 years of age (single price €5), students (-20%), 65 years or more (-20%), large families (-20%), people with a disability degree equal to or greater than 33% (- 20%) and 33% low visibility seats (-20%).

The four shows of the first edition of Ópera en minúscula (small-format opera), programmed under the artistic direction of Ruth González and Ricardo Campelo of Teatro Xtremo, are a selection of operas for soloists and ensembles and represent several periods and styles. Ópera de Tenerife, the opera programme of the Auditorio de Tenerife, has the support of the Canary Islands Government and the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM).