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In their next concert Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife, Auditorio de Tenerife’s resident group, will transport the audience to a  grand Italian aristocratic lounge dating back to more than 300 years ago. Dall’Italia is taking place at 7:30 pm on Thursday, the 14th at Sala de Cámara. This programme, which is the first this year and third in the 2018/2019 season, marks a milestone in the young history of this Baroque ensemble, as it will be conducted by a woman: Lorena Padrón. She will be both leader of the orchestra and conductor.

The programme, outlined by the group’s artistic director, Conrado Álvarez, starts with Violin Concerto in E Flat Major, by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), followed by Concerto grosso, in F Major Op. 1 Nº 7, by Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764).

After the interval comes Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda ò pur ciaccona, by Nicola Matteis (1686-1768), followed by Concerto spagnolo a cinque, in C Minor, Op. 10 Nº 11, by Tomaso Albinoni (1659-1761). The evening closes with La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, Op. 30 n. 6, G. 324, by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805).

Accompanying Padrón, historicist musicians playing this repertoire include Sergio Suárez and Ignacio Ramal, Baroque violins I; Laura Díaz, Leo Rossi and Giovanni Déniz, Baroque violins II; Iván García and Melchor García, Baroque violas; Fernando Santiago and Diego Pérez, Baroque cellos; Silvia Jiménez, double bass; Carlos Oramas, theorbo; and Raquel García, harpsichord and organ.

Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife is taking part in Auditorio de Tenerife’s Learning and Community department, with the collaboration of Fundación Cepsa and Obra Social “la Caixa”, by offering a concert for pre-school children. The kids of CEIP Gesta 25 de Julio will have the chance to learn about instruments and sounds of the past on Wednesday, the 13th at 11:00 am.

Tickets for this concert can be booked at  Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 am to 19:30 pm, Monday to Saturday, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com  here or calling 902 317 327. The usual discounts are available. 

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The artists, selected out of 181 candidates, will perform L’elisir d’amore in October

Ópera de Tenerife has chosen the ten singers who will take part in the 7th Opera (e)Studio. The artists were chosen out of 181 candidates who attended auditions in Bologna, Tbilisi, Madrid and Tenerife last February, under the supervision of the programme’s artistic director Giulio Zappa. This year Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre are partners in the project, which is funded by the European Commission programme, Creative Europe.

The organizers have chosen ten singers who will be landing on the Island in early September in order to get intensive comprehensive training that will lead to four performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at Auditorio de Tenerife.

The singers chosen and their role are as follows: Maria Rita Combattelli and Beatriz de Sousa (Adina); Klodjan Kaçani and César Arrieta (Nemorino); Alberto Bonifazio and Jacobo Ochoa (Belcore); Givi Gigineishvili and Matteo Andrea Mollica (Dulcamara); Sofía Esparza and Eleonora Boaretto (Giannetta). This year, there have been 181 candidates from 33 different countries and the singers chosen come from Albania, Colombia, Spain, Georgia, Italy, Portugal and Venezuela.

While on the Island, the singers will learn about all the different disciplines involved in opera; they will work on different musical and stage performance techniques, style, diction, body language, theatrical nature of the role, historical context of the composition, dramaturgy, or libretto studying, among other aspects. After being performed in Tenerife from 24 to 27 October, next year the production will travel to Tbilisi, where it will be put on four times (between 25 February and 1 March) and Bologna, with six performance between 5 and 11 April.

Ópera (e)Studio is a programme set up by Ópera de Tenerife in 2013 with the aim of boosting young talent through comprehensive artistic improvement. Its permanent base is at Auditorio de Tenerife and in the previous six years it staged Così fan tutte [2013], La Cenerentola [2014], Le nozze di Figaro [2015], Don Pasquale [2016], I Capuleti e i Montecchi [2017] and L’italiana in Algeri [2018].

L’elisir d’amore is Donizetti’s highly popular opera buffa and it includes the most famous aria for tenor ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ in addition to a lively plot where the love troubles of beautiful Adina and gullible Nemorino meet with the ploys of trickster Dulcamara and Sargeant Belcore’s jealousy. Pablo Maritano is the production’s stage designer and his scenography will transport us to the golden age of cinema. The musical director is Antonio Méndez, principal conductor of Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.

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At 12 noon, La Casona de San Luis hosts the performance of some of the most outstanding arias of Puccini’s opera repertoire

Ópera de Tenerife, in collaboration with Santa Úrsula Town Council, is giving an opera recital on Sunday, the 10th at 12 noon.  Different pieces by composer Giacomo Puccini’s [Lucca 1858–Bruselas 1924] opera repertoire will be performed. The event is taking place at La Casona de San Luis, located at 5 Camino Antiguo Calvario, in the municipality of Santa Úrsula.

The recital features tenor Alessandro Goldoni and soprano Alexandra Grigoras, who will be accompanied by maestro José Miguel Román. Paolo Montanari, of Ópera de Tenerife production, will be presenting the show.

Different pieces from our next title this season will be performed, like ‘Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì’ (La bohème), ‘O soave fanciulla’ (La bohème), ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (Tosca), ‘O mio babbino caro’ (Gianni Schicchi), ‘Tu che di gel sei cinta’ (Turandot), ‘Nessun dorma’ (Turandot). There will be an aperitif at the end of the show.

This activity, which started last season, aims at spreading the love for opera by giving recitals in different venues across the island of Tenerife. Santa Úrsula is the latest place to be visited by Ópera de Tenerife’s opera tidbits, which have already been held in Puerto de la Cruz, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Güímar and Garachico.

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Cabildo continues its policy of touring the island with Ópera de Tenerife’s season operas. In May, The Traviata will be put on at Magma Arte & Congresos, in Adeje, and in the gardens of the former Hotel Taoro, in Puerto de la Cruz. The performances take place on the 11th and 12th in the south (Adeje) and on the 18th and 19th in the north (Puerto de la Cruz). The Regional Ministry for Tourism of the Government of the Canary Islands and Puerto de la Cruz Town Council collaborate with the Cabildo in this initiative.

The details were revealed today, Friday, 1st by Island Director for Culture, José Luis Rivero; regional deputy minister for Tourism, Cristóbal de la Rosa; Culture councillor of Puerto de la Cruz, Sandra Rodríguez, and the production stage director Alejandro Abrante.

Rivero explained that “this is the second of the three-year Ópera Pocket performance of this opera; this scheme has three goals: first, it must be a quality local production made entirely in Tenerife; the second goal set out by President Carlos Alonso, is to spread  cultural elements across the island; it’s been a real challenge to devise a way of producing an opera and performing it out of the Auditorio, even in the open air; thirdly, bring opera to new audiences; the best way of doing it is taking opera to places where there is usually no opera following”. In short, the Island director for Culture added that, “we want to bring opera to as many people as possible”.

Cristóbal de la Rosa pointed out that “Magma belongs to the Government of the Canary Islands and the company that runs the venue was very happy to host this great quality product”. The Regional Deputy Minister pointed out that “we want opera to attract both tourists and local people; we want to blend tourist and cultural activities, in order to become a destination-experience”.

Puerto de la Cruz councillor, Sandra Rodríguez, said that “we’re delighted to welcome an opera, especially to the gardens of former Hotel Taoro, a landmark in our municipality”, and added that “it’s a great opportunity to showcase a story like this, with the current feminist spirit”.

Alejandro Abrante said that “it’s been a very exciting project from the start; we’ve been faithful to Verdi’s score”. The stage director stated that “we’ve had the help of La Laguna University and of students of CIFP Las Indias, who have collaborated in making the costumes”. Abrante pointed out that “culture must encourage feminism and remove the male-centred values of society. The Traviata has a lot to say in this regard”.

This Ópera de Tenerife production has been made on the island entirely and will be put on as part of the Ópera Pocket scheme, which follows the cultural lines set out in Cabildo’s Tenerife 2030 strategy, whose aim is to bring opera to new audiences by taking it to different venues across the island. The Traviata was first presented in the 2017-2018 Ópera de Tenerife season, being performed at Paraninfo of La Laguna University and in Garachico.

Alejandro Abrante portrays the atmosphere and the characters Verdi employed to depict the details of a male-centred society. Abrante also looks into this aspect through the psychological features of the three characters Verdi took into account to compose the opera: Alphonsine Duplessis, Marguerite Gautier and Violetta Valèry.

Jorge Cabrera’s stage design, which has been technically conceived to take the opera out of the usual stage, will transport viewers to a 19th century Paris where constructive elements and the new materials brought by the industrial revolution, like forged iron or glass, blend together.

Alessandro Palumbo is the musical director, his fifth time in Ópera de Tenerife after participating in Don Quichotte (Massenet) in 2014; Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) in 2015, Don Pasquale (Donizetti) in 2016 and The Traviata (Verdi) in 2018. This is his second time leading Orquesta de la Ópera de Tenerife [Ópera de Tenerife Orchestra].

The cast includes Julia Muzychenko (soprano); David Astorga (tenor); Nina Solodovnikova (soprano); Gillén Mungía (tenor); Daniel Terenzi (baritone); Pablo Gálvez (baritone); Christina Campsall (mezzo soprano); Francesco Venuti (baritone); Borja Molina (barítono); Aleksandr Utkin (bass); María José Torres (soprano); Badel Albelo (tenor); Ángel Silva (bajo); Árgel Campos (tenor) and Néstor Suárez (tenor). The production also features Coro de la Ópera de Tenerife, directed by Carmen Cruz.

Costumes are by Tenerife designer Javier Caraballero and have been made by the Auditorio de Tenerife dressmaking team with the occasional collaboration of students of CIFP Las Indias, following a detailed study of the uses and customs of the period, in order to make them as realistic as possible. 

Based on Alexandre Dumas’s novel Camille, The Traviata is one of the best-known compositions by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). It begins at a party taking place in a luxurious hall, where courtesan Violetta Valéry meets young Alfredo Germont. The act ends with the popular toast Libiamo ne’Lieti calici. This piece praises the hedonistic life in 19th century Paris, that succumbs to the material pleasures of life.

From that moment on, viewers will feel a range of emotions, from joy to frivolity, gender violence to sadness, through a succession of situations that will make them feel all the phases of deepest love. The lovers will suffer the consequences of their social milieu, highly male-centred. The mishaps in their romantic adventure will lead them to an unavoidable dramatic outcome.

Tickets for this show will be available shortly at Auditorio de Tenerife box office, from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm Monday to Saturday; on www.auditoriodetenerife.com or by telephone, calling 902 317 327.

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At 11:30 am on Sunday, the 3rd Auditorio de Tenerife welcomes a concert of this year’s Primavera Musical series, organized by the Federación tinerfeña de bandas in collaboration with Cabildo of Tenerife. A total of 1,650 musicians will play at Sala de Cámara in twelve different concerts to take place on different days until 16 June. Admission to all the concerts is free.

The first concert is by Asociación Cultural y Recreativa Unión Musical Aida, from San Andrés, a village in the municipality of Santa Cruz. The band is made up of 30 musicians led by Juan Alexis González Rodríguez; it is followed by Asociación Musical La Esperanza, from La Guancha, with 50 performers under the baton of Jesús Agomar González Guillama; and finally, Asociación Musical Las Candelas, from Candelaria, which includes 80 musicians and Mauro Fariña Alonso as conductor.

The San Andrés band repertoire includes Amunt Pirris, by Ferrer Ferrán; Medley Boleros, by Utrera/Menéndez, A. Laña and L. Barcelata arranged by J. Molina; Jacob de Haan’s Lorraine; and Raquel Alario, by Ferrer Ferrán. This group was founded in 1981 by Vicente Esteban Fariña Fariña, a musician and composer from Arafo. They perform in different villages and districts in Tenerife at processions, passacaglia, concerts, competitions, etc.

It is then the turn of the musicians from La Guancha, who are playing the paso doble Pepita Greus, by Pascual Pérez Chovi; Eric Whitacre’s The Seal Lullaby; and Imperator Carlomagno (Fantasía), by Pere Sanz Alcover. Agrupación Musical La Esperanza was set up in 1924. It is run by Patronato de Música XVIII de Enero and Escuela Municipal de La Guancha.

Lastly, Las Candelas will go on stage to play Concerto for Orchestra and Two Trombones (Wind Band Version), by Ricardo Mollá, featuring Dede Decker and Kike Sosa Yanes as soloists; Give Us This Day, by David Maslanka; they will close with Agustín Ramos’s Santa Cruz en Carnaval. This musical project was started by Candelaria Town Council, under the leadership of Abilio Alonso Otazo. They did their first performance at Easter in 1976.

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Carlos Mena and The Disfonik Orchestra will be at Auditorio de Tenerife on Saturday, the 2nd to share their reinvention of classical compositions through jazz. At 7:30 pm in Sala de Cámara they will perform a fusion by the countertenor and the orchestra conducted by Jacques Beaud, which was released in an album called Under the shadow, also featuring singer Ghalmia Senouci (alto).

The music proposed by The Disfonik Orchestra is an intimate encounter of classical music and jazz. Some of the pieces of the classical repertoire have been carefully chosen and arranged for a jazz ensemble like The Disfonik and a distinct countertenor classical voice, Carlos Mena’s.

The programme opens with Shall I Sue, from Prélude in Suite nº2 Solo Cello BWV 1008 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) arranged by Patrick Perrier and Jacques Beaud, with lyrics by an unknown 16th century author and Beaud himself.  The following piece, King Henry, is composed from Corsican traditional music with lyrics by an unknown 16th century author and Beaud, who also took care of the arrangements.

Lumi, potete piangere by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690) led to Never Come Back Again, with lyrics by Beaud, who along with Salvatore Reitano, did the arrangements. A Prayer, from Libera Me in Requiem Op.48 by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), lyrics by Jacques Beaud and Anne Ottiger, and arranged by Beaud, Reitano and David Tixier. These two pieces will be sung by Ghalmia Senouci and Carlos Mena.

Next comes When I am Laid in Earth, whose reference is the lament with the same title in the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Lyrics are by Nahum Tate and it was arranged by Jacques Beaud. Then comes the only instrumental piece, 1080 Love, from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach and the talent of Jacques Beaud and Salvatore Reitano, who arranged it.

Then they will play Let me Die Alone, based on Lamento della Ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) by an unknown author from the 16th century and Jacques Beaud, arranged by Beaud and Reitano. The music of White as Lilies was adapted by Beaud from Ich will meine Seele tauchen by Dichterliebe Op.48 by Robert Schumann arranged by the conductor and David Tixier, and with lyrics from an unknow author added by Beaud and Senouci. 

And lastly, Land of Darkness, composed from Alto Giove in Polifemo by Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), with lyrics by Beaud and arranged by him and Tixier.

Tickets can be bought at Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com  or by telephone on 902 317 327. Auditorio’s usual discounts are available for this concert as well as the new discounts for groups.

The Disfonik Orchestra was founded by Jacques Beaud and it is made up of seven professional musicians from very different music backgrounds who are connected by one single idea: Music. The orchestra features Juan Munguía, trumpet; Matthieu Roffè, piano; Salvatore Reitano, keyboard; Marc-Olivier Savoy, drums; and Jacques Beaud, electric bass.

Carlos Mena studied at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel with Richard Levitt and René Jacobs. His intense concert activities have taken him to the most prestigious venues in the world, such as Konzerthaus in Vienne, Berlin Philharmonic, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Alice Tully Hall at New York’s MET, Kennedy Center in Washington, Berliner Philarmoniker, Suntory Hall and Opera City Hall in Tokyo, Osaka Symphony Hall, Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall in Melbourne.

He has performed the operas Radamisto by Händel (in the title role) at Felsenreitschule in Salzburg, at Dortmund Konzerthaus, at Musikverein in Vienne, at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Bellas Artes in Mexico City conducted by M. Haselböck and H. Grazer; Orfeo by Monteverdi (Speranza) at Festwoche in Innsbruck and at Berlin’s Staatsoper conducted by R. Jacobs/B. Kosky; Il Trionfo by Händel (in the role of Disinganno) at Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg and Europea 5 by J. Cage at Flanders Festival. Mena has an interest in the lied and contemporary repertoires and has premiered different works by composers like José María Sánchez-Verdú, Gabriel Erkoreka and Alberto Iglesias. He has conducted the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias with works by Handel, Bach and Mozart.

He is currently music and artistic director at Capilla Santa Maria promoted by Fundación Catedral Santa María de Vitoria and directs programmes spanning from the Middle Ages to Classicism at national and international festivals. 

 

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Sinfónica de Tenerife is giving a concert on Thursday, 28th, The Beatles, which includes the best-known songs by this 1960s British band. The orchestra will be conducted by Nick Davies -regarded as one of the major specialists in this repertoire - and the show also features singer Jon Boydon and presenter Ana Molowny. The concert is part of the Cabildo’s orchestra season. It starts at 7:30 pm at Sala Sinfónica del Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín and it is sold out.

The programme contains the most famous songs of the British band starting with those included in one of the most mysterious records in pop history, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hailed as a masterpiece, the album has some of the best pieces by The Beatles like With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Getting Better, Fixing a Hole, She’s Leaving Home, Within You, Without You, Lovely Rita, Good Morning, Good Morning or A Day in the Life.

Welsh conductor Nick Davies will be guiding Sinfónica de Tenerife to produce the characteristic sound of this band, which was set up in 1962 in Liverpool by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The concert will close with a selection of classics like She Loves You, Strawberry Fields, A Hard Day’s Night, Let It Be, Help!, Penny Lane or Yesterday. This is a special occasion to pay tribute to one of the most influential bands in the history of recent music.

Committed to creating and developing new audiences, this is the fifth year that this Cabildo orchestra includes a groundbreaking formula in their season that combines the classic concept of a concert with a proposal for new audiences.

Conductor Nick Davies is internationally renowned for the quality with which he approaches classical music and opera together with other “minor” genres like rock, musicals or film soundtracks. Concerts of this kind include The Golden Era of HollywoodABBA, and Symphonic Queen, which he performed with Sinfónica de Tenerife in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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On Sunday, 24th Auditorio de Tenerife welcomes a concert by students  of Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (CPM). The Orchestra of 2nd stage CPM students and the CPM Symphonic Band are playing at 12:30 pm at Sala de Cámara. Admission is free.

Under the baton of Cristina Padrón, the Orchestra will be the first to play. Pieces include Señor JOU, by Pablo Camacaro (arranged by César Cuéllar) and George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, (arranged by Jeff Manookian).

It will then be the turn of the Conservatoire Symphonic Band, conducted by Sergio Díaz. Their programme includes Los Barbas, by Ferrer Ferrán; Egmont, by Beethoven; Ciclo de los ríos, by Arie Malando (Movimiento Río Negro2º Movimiento Orinoco and Movimiento Chubut); Tchaikovsky’s Slavonic March, and Agüero by José Franco.

As part of their educational project, the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, wishes to encourage students to take part in activities outside the school. That is why they give a concert like this one at Auditorio at least once a year.

With this concert, the Conservatoire wishes to show the excellent level achieved and the work done by both students and teachers.

This activity is part of Auditorio de Tenerife Education and Social area with the collaboration of Fundación Cepsa.

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Del 22 de marzo al 11 de mayo se celebrarán 16 funciones con tres estrenos y tres talleres de 13 compañías de Portugal, Cuba, México, Canarias y España

 

El Cabildo de Tenerife presenta la primera Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI), una acción del Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife que se desarrollará en el Teatro El Sauzal del 22 de marzo al 11 de mayo. Se ofrecen 16 funciones de espectáculos de teatro, danza y circo, tres de ellos estrenos mundiales, llevados a cabo por 13 compañías de Portugal, Cuba, México, Canarias y España. Los detalles de esta primera edición fueron dados a conocer hoy [viernes 22] por el director insular de Cultura, José Luis Rivero; el alcalde de El Sauzal, Mariano Pérez, y el director y actor de Delirium Teatro, Severiano García.

José Luis Rivero explicó que “el Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife se consolida como la entidad que da acción a la estrategia insular creada junto al sector, dando cobertura a todos aquellos elementos que tienen que ver con la creación, producción, exhibición e internacionalización de los productos hechos en Tenerife y Canarias en general”. Ejemplo de las primeras acciones del Instituto de las Artes Escénicas son las ayudas a la producción recientemente resueltas, la creación de un centro de producción junto al Teatro El Sauzal  y esta Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana.

Mariano Pérez reconoció que “estamos como un niño con zapatos nuevos con el nuevo teatro”. El alcalde explicó que la apuesta municipal por la cultura se remonta a 1987 con el anterior auditorio. “No hemos dejado de programar, ni siquiera durante la crisis”, explicó el alcalde, quien hizo hincapié en la implicación de los técnicos municipales en la puesta en marcha del nuevo espacio. “Esta muestra va a ser espectacular”, adelantó Mariano Pérez.

Uno de los estrenos que acoge MEI es Arizona, de la compañía tinerfeña Delirium, con más de 30 años de trayectoria profesional. Se trata de un texto del dramaturgo andaluz contemporáneo Juan Carlos Rubio que ha logrado la Mención de Honor del Premio Lope de Vega de Teatro y el Premio Raúl Moreno Fatex, ambos en 2006. “Es un texto de absoluta contemporaneidad porque habla de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México”, comentó José Luis Rivero.

El director y actor de la propuesta, Severiano García, explicó que Arizona contará con música del compositor Diego Navarro. Junto a García, la obra estará protagonizada por Soraya González del Rosario. Habrá dos funciones, que tendrán lugar el 12 y 13 de abril a las 20:00 horas en la sede de la muestra. Arizona, basada en hechos reales, reflexiona sobre las fronteras, la migración, la estupidez humana y los límites de su manipulación.

Además, García agradeció al Cabildo sus políticas culturales: “Hacía mucho tiempo que el sector cultural no se sentía tan entusiasmado, apoyado y emocionado”. También mencionó al Ayuntamiento de Tacoronte, que por primera vez en la historia de la compañía no recibe el estreno de su nueva producción “pero lo han entendido porque la oportunidad de MEI lo merecía”.

En cada edición de MEI habrá una semana de programación procedente de un solo país, que se llamará Foco, y que este año está dedicada a México. “Pondremos la mirada hacia un país concreto para conocer la producción que se está realizando con funciones gratuitas”, concretó José Luis Rivero.

Programa

El primer espectáculo de la muestra tendrá lugar el 22 de marzo a las 20:00 horas en la sala principal del Teatro El Sauzal con el estreno en español de Hamlet, de los portugueses Companhia do Chapitô. Sin escenario y con los actores de traje y corbata, este Hamlet sigue las líneas maestras del texto original del escritor y dramaturgo inglés William Shakespeare, pero propone una reflexión  mordaz y llena de humor sobre varios aspectos de la realidad física y social. La trama se traslada a la modernidad, haciendo una analogía entre el otrora Reino de Dinamarca, donde tiene lugar la pieza original, y una empresa multinacional de los tiempos actuales.

El 30 de marzo a las 20:00 horas llegará a escena la compañía cubana Trébol Teatro con Jacuzzi, una interesante propuesta donde el escenario es el suelo del patio de butacas y los espectadores viven la escena al mismo nivel que los actores. En ella, tres amigos se reencuentran en La Habana tras algunos años sin verse. Una fiesta en la bañera, que para ellos es un jacuzzi, desata un huracán de contradicciones sentimentales y políticas.

Desde Sevilla, Gloria López Producciones presenta El nombre el 6 de abril a las 20:00 horas. En esta obra, dirigida por el argentino Daniel Veronese, una familia se reúne para celebrar la  próxima llegada de un bebe. Cuando el futuro padre responde a la pregunta del nombre escogido, su respuesta deja a todos boquiabiertos.

En esta primera edición el Foco será México, presentándose ocho espectáculos del país azteca del 24 de abril al 5 de mayo, que se suma al resto de la oferta de MEI. Esta programación pretende servir, además de ventana hacia la realidad escénica del país elegido, de punto de encuentro entre las compañías y los programadores nacionales e internacionales.

Pendiente Teatro + Eduardo Bernal abre el Foco México el 24 de abril a las 20:00 horas con Sin Ítaca, una puesta en escena diferente que se nutre de una instalación a ras de suelo, sin escenario, promoviendo un contacto directo con el público. En este montaje se abordan las problemáticas que se generan a partir de la ruptura de vínculos entre una persona y su territorio; ya sea por la vía del desplazamiento forzado, la marginación social o la muerte violenta.

La Compañía Nacional de Teatro de México ofrece el 26 de abril a las 20:00 horas la producción titulada Enemigo del pueblo. La obra comienza en un pequeño pueblo que festeja la construcción de un balneario local. Desde que se abrió, todos tienen más dinero. El doctor del pueblo, desagradable pero inteligente, hace un descubrimiento complicado, ya que su hermano es el alcalde  y ambos saben de responsabilidad social. En el pueblo sólo hay un periódico y todos confían en lo que ahí se publique.

Mermejita Circus aparecerá el 28 de abril a las 20:00 horas con la obra de circo contemporáneo El Círculo. Esta coproducción entre Uruguay y México, apoyada por el Fondo Iberescena 2018, propone un espacio para la reflexión y el cuestionamiento de mitos y verdades acerca del tan mencionado cambio climático, muy presente en la sociedad actual.

La muestra programa para el 30 de abril a las 20:00 horas El divino Narciso, de La Rendija. En esta puesta en escena contemporánea del auto sacramental El divino Narciso de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dialogan imágenes y voces para aproximar al público a la máxima escritora mexicana del siglo XVII.

La compañía Vaca 35 Teatro en Grupo propone dos espectáculos para MEI. El primero, Josefina la gallina puso un huevo en la cocina, se representará el 1 de mayo a las 18:00 y a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal. En esta pieza hay un actor que migra, un recorrido de vida, que entiende su condición de gallina y abre sus alas y afloja el cuerpo para poner miles de huevos, refugiarse en ellos, y pensarlos como sus hijos, sus recuerdos, sus anhelos, sus pérdidas, el pasado y el trayecto para huir del miedo e intentar volar, aun siendo un ave de corral.

La segunda pieza de Vaca 35 Teatro en Grupo se titula Lo único que necesita una gran actriz es una gran obra y las ganas de triunfar y es la única propuesta de la muestra que no tendrá lugar dentro del teatro sino que se habilitará otro espacio no convencional del municipio para llevarla a cabo a las 18:00 y a las 20:00 horas del 3 de mayo. En esta obra el espacio se vuelve una propuesta en sí misma, el diálogo entre espacio y actriz, se elimina todo hasta la mínima expresión.

Teatro Línea de Sombra presenta el 4 de mayo a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal Amarillo. Esta propuesta escénica comienza con un hombre que ha partido y que no se sabe nada de él. Amarillo, Texas, es el destino al que nunca arribó. Una mujer en la distancia reconstruye su cuerpo, su identidad, su probable itinerario y un discurso imaginado del ausente.

El 5 de mayo a las 20:00 horas la compañía Telón de Arena cierra el Foco México con Los muertos. Se trata de un espectáculo original que involucra a los actores de las ciudades donde se presenta por medio de un taller que también se ofrecerá en MEI. La propuesta se orienta a recrear un cementerio vivo en donde los asistentes se trasladan libremente de una tumba a otra, construyendo su propio espectáculo a través de las relaciones de cada personaje a través del humor y el drama.

La programación general de MEI vuelve el 10 de mayo a las 20:00 horas con el estreno de Unísono, del bailarín canario Jep Meléndez y el Hip-Tap Project. Partiendo del significado estrictamente musical de la palabra unísono, cuatro personajes se adentran en su búsqueda personal confrontando su disciplina artística, con los diversos significados que puede llegar a tener dicha palabra respecto a partes tangibles, como la infancia, la familia, los amigos etc., e intangibles como las emociones: felicidad, alegría, tristeza, ira, frustración, anhelo, locura…

MEI cerrará el 11 de mayo con la recién estrenada El desguace de las musas, una obra de la compañía madrileña La Zaranda. Cuando se abre el telón, el viejo cortinaje grana desprende tufo de sudor y desinfectantes. Las notas musicales se dispersan por la penumbra mal ventilada, antes de diluirse en el fondo de los vasos. Bajo los focos, el diezmado corazón de cantantes ensaya una rudimentaria coreografía. La mueca de la muerte, oculta última del maquillaje barato. En el espejo del camerino, rodeado por bombillas fundidas, ha quedado escrito con pintalabios: El desguace de las musas.

Las entradas para todos los espectáculos -excepto los del Foco, que son gratuitos- estarán a la venta en la página web de MEI, www.muestraiberoamericana.com, y en la taquilla del Teatro El Sauzal 90 minutos antes del comienzo de cada función.

Además de los espectáculos, MEI ofrece tres talleres para profesionales de las artes escénicas de la isla de la mano de las compañías Telón de Arena, Vaca 35 Teatro en Grupo y La Zaranda. Las inscripciones, gratuitas, se podrán realizar a través de la página web www.muestraiberoamericana.com.

Esta nueva propuesta cultural cuenta con la colaboración del Ayuntamiento de El Sauzal, cuyo teatro fue reestrenado el pasado 11 de enero tras la remodelación enmarcada en el  Plan de Infraestructuras Culturales puesto en marcha por el Cabildo a través de su estrategia Tenerife 2030. La rehabilitación de esta instalación cultural con criterios de eco-eficiencia, ahorro y sostenibilidad ambiental ha dotado al municipio de un espacio escénico moderno y de versatilidad arquitectónica para dar cabida a multitud de propuestas artísticas, desde un concierto hasta una obra de teatro pasando por performances experimentales o proyecciones audiovisuales.

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The performance includes some of the best arias by Donizetti

Ópera de Tenerife, in collaboration with Garachico Town Council, has staged an opera recital on Sunday, 24 February at 12:00 noon, in the former Convento de San Francisco. This is a good chance to listen to some of the most outstanding arias by composer Gaetano Donizetti (Bergamo 1797– 1848).

The recital features tenor David Astorga and soprano Nina Solodovnikova, who will be accompanied by pianist maestro José Miguel Román. The activity, one of our “Opera Titbits”, will be introduced by Ópera de Tenerife’s intendant, Alejandro Abrante.

The different pieces you can enjoy include: ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ [L’elisir d’amore], ‘Una parola, o Adina… Chiedi all’ aura lusinghiera’ [L’elisir d’amore], ‘Quel guardo ilcavaliere… So anch’io la virtù magica’ [Don Pasquale], ‘Tornami a dir che m’ami’ [Don Pasquale] and ‘Ah! Mes amis, que jour de fête… Pour mon âme’ [La fille du régiment]. This get-together will end with an aperitif.

This activity, which started last season and has already been to Puerto de la Cruz, La Laguna and Güímar, aims to disseminate opera by offering recitals in different venues across the island of Tenerife.

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La Sinfónica de Tenerife finaliza este viernes [22 de febrero] su recorrido por la obra sinfónica de Brahms, una experiencia “mucho más intensa y completa” para conocer mejor al genio de Hamburgo. El programa, que integra la Segunda y Cuarta sinfonías, será conducido por el director principal de la orquesta, Antonio Méndez, a las 19:30 horas, en el Auditorio de Tenerife.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) se consolidó como uno de los grandes compositores de su generación tras el éxito de su Primera sinfonía, a pesar del tiempo que tardó en trabajar en ella. Con la mirada puesta en la tradición, el conjunto de su obra sinfónica muestra buena parte de su propuesta estética. “A pesar de que por supuesto cada sinfonía es muy diferente, no se puede hablar de diferencias estilísticas, puesto que las cuatro sinfonías son todas obras de madurez y forman un bloque muy coherente”, explica Antonio Méndez.

La integral sinfónica supone para el público tinerfeño una oportunidad única para “sumergirse en este universo sonoro apasionante”, comenta el director principal. “Disfrutar de un ciclo de esta manera, como mucha gente ya sabrá a través del mundo de la literatura o de la cinematografía, crea una experiencia mucho más intensa y completa, que permite apreciar tanto sus diferentes partes como el todo”. Tanto el público habitual en los conciertos de la orquesta tinerfeña como el que se acerque por primera vez “tendrá la ocasión de descubrir de manera particular los diferentes instrumentos, las secciones, la forma que tiene Brahms de combinarlos, la gran paleta de colores y la infinidad de afectos que estas obras evocan”, concluye.

La primera parte del repertorio de este viernes 22 está protagonizada por la luminosidad de la Segunda sinfonía, “la demostración de una forma de componer que representa el sello personal en Brahms” al igual que la Cuarta, que será la de cierre de este homenaje de la Sinfónica de Tenerife al compositor romántico.

El ciclo que la Sinfónica de Tenerife dedica a Johannes Brahms finaliza el 21 de junio con la interpretación del Réquiem alemán, también con Antonio Méndez en el podio, una cita que constituye el cierre de esta temporada, cuya la línea programática se sustenta en la combinación entre tradición y modernidad, en consonancia con la identidad de la Sinfónica de Tenerife.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir en la taquilla del Auditorio de Tenerife, de 10:00 a 19:30 horas de forma ininterrumpida de lunes a sábado; por teléfono en el 902 317 327; o por internet a través de www.sinfonicadetenerife.es y www.auditoriodetenerife.com.

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Quantum Ensemble, Auditorio de Tenerife resident group sets One thousand and One Nights to music with the concert Shéhérazade, which ison at 7:30 pm on Thursday, 21st at Sala de Cámara. The programme offers a stimulating stylistic contrast with pieces by Szymanowski, Ravel and Rimsky Korsakov related to the heroine of this medieval Middle Eastern tale.

The concert features soprano Sarah Fox and six musicians: Alissa Margulis (violin), Francisco García (flute), Cristo Barrios (clarinet), Emil Rovner (cello), Miguel Ituarte (piano) and Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (piano). Barrios and Díaz-Jerez are two of Quantum Ensemble funding members, together with David Ballesteros.

This time pianist Miguel Ituarte will be discussing Shéhérazade an hour before the concert starts at Sala de Cámara. Admission to the talk is free. 

Shéhérazade, the character and narrator of One thousand and one nights has been a source of inspiration for many composers and the origin of many musical adaptations, including the three pieces in this programme. Masques for piano (1915-1916) is one in a series of three compositions by Karol Szymanowski based on literary works; Shéhérezade, which opens the work; Mythes (1915) about Tristan and Isolde and Métopes (1915) on Don Juan.

 Shéhérazade is also the title of two works by Maurice Ravel: an overture which is considered to be his first orchestral composition and a series of songs -also included in this concert- which have become well-liked pieces in the French musician’s repertoire, both in its orchestral and chamber versions. This piece by Ravel is strongly influenced by Russian composers, mainly by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, whose symphonic poem is particularly relevant. This is no surprise since the Russian composer’s Shéhérezade is probably the best-known musical response to this emblematic literary character.

Quantum Ensemble once again includes a music arrangement -made by Pablo Díaz this time- to offer this great piece by Rimsky-Korsakov in a chamber version. This arrangement closes a concert made up of highly stimulating, contrasting compositions which at the same time are linked together by one of the most fascinating stories in universal literature.

As part of the outreach work of Quantum Ensemble, at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, 20th a session will introduce music to a group of La Casita, in collaboration with “la Caixa” volunteers. This is a Barcelona-based project which is managed in Tenerife through a programme of Hermanas Oblatas La Casita, which offers help and training to women related to prostitution and/or victims of sexual exploitation dealings.

Also, on Friday, 22nd as part of their training, clarinettist Cristo Barrios is giving a Performance class for students of Conservatorio Profesional and Conservatorio Superior de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which collaborate in this activity.

Tickets for the concert can be booked via the usual channels of Auditorio de Tenerife: at the box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com  here or calling 902 317 327.

The QB subscription is also available on Auditorio’s website and at the box office. It offers an additional 15% discount on the standard ticket price for Quantum Ensemble and Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife concerts in the present season.

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