Fri 26Apr19
The Cabildo de Tenerife is celebrating International Dance Day this weekend with different activities as it continues with its commitment to this discipline -which it has supported from the start- by organising a performance in La Laguna, several workshops and a great exhibition of different local schools that are welcomed on Sunday, the 28th at the foyer of Auditorio de Tenerife.
The details of this celebration were disclosed today, Friday, the 26th at a press conference by the Head of Artistic Projects of Auditorio de Tenerife, Enrique Camacho; the coordinator of the Laboratorio de Artes Vivas Tenerife LAV, Javier Cuevas; and the dance teacher of Teatro Victoria, Patricia Monroy.
Enrique Camacho explained that “the Cabildo has been applying policies to support dance for many years, always with the sector’s collaboration, in an attempt to put it in the position it deserves”. “Although this is a very important celebration for us, at Auditorio de Tenerife we celebrate dance 365 days a year”, he added.
In the same line, Javier Cuevas stated that “this International Day is important, but more so is the steady support received from Cabildo de Tenerife, to groups of Canarian dance, who have solid circuits and high-level Canarian creators, who have won different national dance awards”.
In Patricia Monroy’s opinion “all the island’s schools celebrating together International Dance Day at Auditorio de Tenerife are being part of a great event, a day when we share moments with all our colleagues”. The dance teacher encourages the public “to dance, whether you’re a dancer or not, it’s really therapeutic”.
The first activity is taking place tonight [Friday, 26] at 9:00 pm at Sala Principal of Teatro Leal in La Laguna with the show Should they may be, by Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera. The driving force behind this piece, created and performed by Gregory Auger and Martín Padrón, is the complexity of human beings and their need to express, tell, convey, and the noise in their busy, restless minds, which are difficult to tame.
The show deals with concepts like human strengths and weaknesses, their vital need to move, feel and go down a path as well as the fall into the abyss of thoughts, lack of faith, freezing fear, and the need to free themselves from their traumas. Tickets can be purchased at Teatro Leal box office from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
From 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on Saturday, the 27th, an activity is taking place at Sala de Cámara of Teatro Leal under the title “Experiencia de sentimiento a través del cuerpo físico y mental para vivenciar y magnificar nuestra presencia: aplicación de los Elementos Fundadores Básicos del Movimiento en contextos artísticos, socioeducativos y sanitarios” [Experience feeling through the physical and mental body to magnify our presence: applying the Basic Founding Elements of Movement in artistic, socio-educational and health contexts].
This free event is aimed at primary and secondary school teachers, dance and movement arts teachers, psychologists, choreographers, artists related to dance, to the movement and body arts, and to everyone who has an interest in treating their bodies in psychosomatic, socio-political and health aspects. Both activities are part of the Tenerife LAV programme, of the Cabildo’s Distrito de las Artes.
On Sunday the 28th, Auditorio de Tenerife welcomes a great dance festival with the participation of 34 schools and academies of the island, which will exhibit such different styles as flamenco, classical, hip-hop or contemporary. Admission is free.
Performances start at 4:00 pm and include the screening of a video with the Message for International Dance Day, which in 2019 is by Karima Mansour, Egyptian dancer, choreographer and educator.
This established yearly event of Auditorio de Tenerife is part of its Educational and Social Area with the collaboration of Fundación Cepsa and Obra Social “la Caixa”.
The schools taking part are: Centro Internacional de Danza Tenerife, Colegio Hispano Inglés, Escuela Municipal de Danza de El Sauzal, Escuela Flamenca Ana Lamadrid, Academia LatinSalsa, Escuela de Danza Pointe, Escuela de Danza de La Laguna Lenita Lindell, Centro de Formación Teatro Victoria, Colegio Nuryana, ADL Dance, Club Deportivo Tinerdanza, Escuela de Música y Danza de Adeje (EMMA), Grupo Coreográfico Colegio Virgen del Mar, Escuela Municipal de Danza Candelaria, Escuela de Ballet La Salle S.I., Ballet Chic & Chic, Colegio Alemán, Claqué Tenerife, Estudio de Danza Onelia Hernández, Prodance Tenerife, Colegio Carmen Alvarez de la Rosa, Barranco Hondo, Pura Salsa y Sabor, Escuela de Baile, Curso de danza, EMOD Ayuntamiento de Guía de Isora, Academia Ana Manrique, Corazón Flamenco, Escuela Danza María Mora, Urban Dance de Güimar, Danza Clásica Pureza de María (Santa Cruz y La Cuesta), ele.Be.Studio, Evolución Ballet, Proyecto2022, BH Dance Barranco Hondo, Studio54 Dance y Orbital Mambo.
Apart from the exhibition, Auditorio de Tenerife rounds the day off with some training sessions to take place from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The bachata workshop, given by teachers Cesar Méndez Jorge and Bibiana Muñoz García of Academia LatinSalsa, will be held at Sala Multiusos and is targeted at youths and adults wishing to learn the basic steps of this dance. Bachata is a social dance from the Dominican Republic which is now danced worldwide.
There is also another workshop in sevillanas and rumbas, at Sala Puerto in Auditorio de Tenerife given by Ana Manrique de Lara Gonzalez and Aida Herrera Ramírez of Academia Ana Manrique. This session is addressed to children aged 3 to 14 and is an initiation in sevillanas and rumba. At 6:00 pm they will have the chance to show what they have learnt in each workshop at Plaza Castillo, outside Auditorio. Please register for free on www.auditoriodetenerife.com.
Fri 26Apr19
‘El círculo’, de la compañía Mermejita Circus, una coproducción entre México y Uruguay, es la tercera función de la sección Foco México
La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) presenta en el Teatro El Sauzal el domingo [día 28] a las 20:00 horas El círculo, de Mermejita Circus, una coproducción de México y Uruguay. Esta tercera función de la sección Foco México, que se prolongará hasta el 5 de mayo, es la primera de circo contemporáneo de la muestra, que tiene entrada libre hasta completar aforo.
El círculo es una obra de circo contemporáneo que 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. Mariana Blanco, María Noel Rosas, Nicolás Sandoval, Sebastian Laenz y Santiago Manuel son los intérpretes y creadores de esta propuesta circense.
A través de la danza, las artes circenses y la poesía, Mermejita Circus pone en escena una obra donde no hay finales, ni principios, ni héroes, ni culpables, sino por el contrario se plantean distintas realidades en relación con el cuidado del medio ambiente, la relación con la basura, la capacidad de reciclaje y las sutiles líneas que siguen conectando al ser humano, a pesar de todo, a la tierra.
Bajo la dirección de Santiago Manuel y con el apoyo del Fondo Iberescena 2018, esta pieza escénica tiene como objetivo dialogar en torno a la temática como aporte para abordar una problemática. Las escenas se entrelazan entre sí por distintos estados corporales atravesados por una necesidad urgente de decir lo no dicho.
Mermejita Circus AC es una compañía mexicana creada en el año 2009 radicada en las Tierras Oaxaqueñas. Funciona desde entonces como plataforma creativa para espectáculos y espacio de residencia y formación para jóvenes de la comunidad. Concibe al circo como herramienta para abordar problemáticas sociales, así como para generar desde la producción escénica y la investigación artística nuevos paradigmas de identidad e interdisciplinariedad en torno a los productos culturales.
En Foco México, una sección de MEI que cada año se centrará en un país invitado, todos los espectáculos tienen acceso libre hasta completar aforo. Desde 90 minutos antes del comienzo de cada función se entregará en la taquilla del Teatro El Sauzal por orden de llegada una invitación para el acceso hasta cubrir el aforo.
La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) está impulsada por el Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife, dependiente del Cabildo insular, y su sede es el Teatro El Sauzal. Espectáculos de Portugal, Cuba, Canarias y España se llevan dando cita en el municipio norteño desde el pasado 22 de marzo y hasta el próximo 11 de mayo.
Thu 25Apr19
‘Enemigo del pueblo’, una obra de gran formato, tendrá lugar el viernes [día 26] a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal con entrada libre
La Compañía Nacional de Teatro de México llega a la Isla con la obra de gran formato Enemigo del pueblo, de la mano de la Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI). El espectáculo, el segundo del programa Foco México, tendrá lugar el viernes [día 26] a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal. La entrada es libre hasta completar aforo.
Esta representación, cuya versión y dirección firma David Gaitán, comienza en un pequeño pueblo que festeja la construcción de un balneario local. Desde que abrió, todos tienen más dinero pero entonces el doctor hace un descubrimiento complicado, ya que su hermano es el alcalde y ambos saben de responsabilidad social. Solo hay un periódico y todos confían en lo que publica.
Henrik Ibsen publicó Un enemigo del pueblo en 1883. Esta versión de la Compañía Nacional de México busca retomar el impulso más poderoso del original: organizar una ficción que problematice la utopía de convivencia de la época. Ibsen, en el ocaso del siglo XIX y aquí, 134 años después.
La compañía explica que actualmente la aspiración a llevar una buena vida parece depender de la habilidad, o falta de ella, para administrarse en la plataforma pública. La modernidad atenta contra la posible intimidad. Las personas se saben tan observadas que la única defensa sensata que han encontrado es afilar la vigilancia al otro hasta lo paralizante.
Las personas se han convertido en un ejército de estatuas animadas, temerosas de hacer un gesto anómalo ante la certeza de que, por osar ser distintas, serán devoradas. Y se confunde la uniformidad con democracia, el silencio con respeto, la vigilancia con orden, lo íntimo con lo prohibido, el periodismo con servilismo, las provocaciones artísticas con posturas personales y la policía con el pueblo. La felicidad radica en señalar la falta ajena, el fracaso de una visibilidad impuesta y generalizada.
La Compañía Nacional de Teatro del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, bajo la dirección artística de Enrique Singer, fomenta y desarrolla proyectos teatrales, promoviendo su circulación en territorio nacional y en el extranjero. Gracias a las favorables condiciones de creación artística que otorgan la posibilidad de contar con un elenco estable, se trabaja rigurosamente en los proyectos artísticos que integran su oferta teatral, además de incluir en sus procesos de trabajo, artistas de diversas generaciones y tendencias, como directores, dramaturgos, diseñadores de escenografía, iluminación y vestuario, que conforman un amplio panorama del teatro mexicano actual.
En Foco México, una sección de MEI que cada año se centrará en un país invitado, todos los espectáculos tienen acceso libre hasta completar aforo. Desde 90 minutos antes del comienzo de cada función se entregará en la taquilla del Teatro El Sauzal por orden de llegada una invitación para el acceso hasta cubrir el aforo.
La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) está impulsada por el Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife, dependiente del Cabildo, y su sede es el Teatro El Sauzal. Espectáculos de Portugal, Cuba, Canarias y España se llevan dando cita en el municipio norteño desde el pasado 22 de marzo y hasta el próximo 11 de mayo.
Thu 25Apr19
Cabildo de Tenerife opens a new call for artists and groups who reach or have reached a business agreement at any of the MAPAS events, [Mercado de las Artes Performativas del Atlántico Sur], to apply for a travel bursary to help them pay for their journey.
These travel bursaries are only valid for professionals or companies who are legally and physically established in Tenerife. The deadline to apply is open permanently or until the amount allotted is spent.
This is the second time Tenerife artists have access to these travel bursaries, which are complementary to other existing programmes with the same aims to encourage exterior mobility of Tenerife groups that reach hiring agreements at MAPAS. It is attractive for a programmer to negotiate with an artist or group whose travel expenses are already partially covered.
Applications must be made through the online form that is available on www.mapasmercadocultural.com. The requirements to benefit from this aid is to have already requested programmes for the same aim to the other institutions which offer similar schemes, both Canarian and /or State, such as Canarias Crea, INAEM, etc., provided that they are within the deadline established; applications must be submitted at least 30 days before the activity is due to start and must attach a letter of invitation, contract or registration acceptance as proof of your participation in a cultural event outside the Canary Islands as a result of a business deal done at MAPAS. However, projects whose specific complexity or characteristics do not strictly meet the conditions established in the regulations will also be evaluated.
The global amount available for this scheme is 80,000 euros to cover travelling from any of Tenerife airports to the train station or bus stop closest to the place where the activity is to be done and returning to the island.
The travel bursary can be used by up to 6 people per artistic group and up to 4 journeys per year, with a maximum of two international journeys. The scheme established a contribution capped at 1,500 euros per person if travelling to American, Asian countries or South Africa; 1,400 euros per person if travelling to Africa, the Middle East or Russia; 600 euros for Europe and Northern Africa; and 300 euros for journeys within Spain. A maximum amount of 3,000 euros is also available to transport scenography and/or production elements.
Wed 24Apr19
The Canarian interpreters Esther Ropón and Laura Gordo present their new record of two pianos in concert From East to West, recorded at Sala de Cámara in Auditorio de Tenerife last February. The recital, to take place at 7:30 pm on Saturday, the 27 at Sala de Cámara, features the main pieces for two pianos from the 1940s and 50s composed by Copland, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Bernstein.
The harmonic variety, timbre and colour of the music of this period can be appreciated by two pianos playing live. The cultural revolution brought by the Second World War and the post-war years meant the rebirth of classical music thanks to new sources of popular inspiration, influenced by deeply-rooted folklore and the new jazz and blues trends. These are harmonies which greatly enriched the musical language of these restless decades.
Tickets are available at Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday except holidays; on www.auditoriodetenerife.com or calling 902 317 327.
Billy the Kid or, as named by the composer, The Open Prairie is a ballet that is presented here for two pianos as arranged by the composer himself, Aaron Copland. Esther Ropón explains that “this great musical activist evokes images from the far west including caravans and carts transported by a powerful march and a great display of melodies and polyrhythms which recall cowboy scenes”.
However, “under this apparent western, there is a harmony that is strongly influenced by Stravinsky at its most Parisian style, who a few years later, premiered in Paris his Sonata for two pianos, inspired by popular melodies with sharp counterpoints”, the pianist explains. The piece, which was originally conceived for one piano, follows the traditional sonata pattern in three movements, altered by a theme of variations in its second movement which grants the work a marked choral character.
A few years later, in 1953, Shostakovich created his Concertino for two pianos, a piece that has clear nationalist influences, in which the melody plays a leading role with popular dancers taken from Russian folklore. Ropón reflects: “if in the East, Shostakovich gave up his experimental years (a year later he was named artist of the people), on the other side of the globe, Leonard Bernstein created, under his particular vision of music for everyone, one of the most emblematic American pieces of the 20th century: West Side Story”.
This is a piece of theatrical music that would later lead to his Suite for Symphonic Dances, adapted for this concert for two pianos by composer John Musto. Bebop melodies, Latin rhythms, influences from jazz and blues come together in this love story with a tragic ending. “It’s a masterpiece in a bold language, which has been masterfully brought to the adaptation for two pianos we are presenting in this programme”, declares the pianist.
Tenerife-born Esther Ropón studied in the Canary Islands, Barcelona and Berlin. A pianist and teacher at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Tenerife, she is also a cultural manager and researcher. She is currently doing her doctorate at the Universidad de Girona, under the research programme UNESCO Chair on Cultural Policies and Cooperation.
Laura Gordo was born in Gran Canaria. She has been accompanying piano teacher at Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife since 2011. She combines teaching and artistic activities as she gives chamber music concerts and participates as a pianist in different music festivals in Spain.
The performers set up their duo in 2013 with the aim of looking into the repertoire of the 20th century for two pianos and four hands.
Tue 23Apr19
One more year, Ópera de Tenerife joins in the celebration of the European Opera Day on 24 April. Different activities will be held at Auditorio de Tenerife, including showing the process of producing an opera, the pre-general rehearsal and informative talks about opera.
The programme, organised by Ópera de Tenerife, starts with the visit of students of Degree in Spanish: Language and Literature of La Laguna University to a talk in which they will learn about the historical context, composer and plot of Hänsel and Gretel. After the talk, they will join Club Ópera subscribers to watch the pre-general rehearsal of this opera at Sala Sinfónica in Auditorio de Tenerife.
In the afternoon, we are welcoming different small groups on a guided tour of the production process of The Traviata, to be performed in May under the Ópera Pocket programme, in two municipalities of the island: Adeje and Puerto de la Cruz. Theatre students will have the chance to visit Sala de Cámara, the costume and make-up workshops, apart from watching live the staging work done by its director, Alejandro Abrante.
Ópera de Tenerife is also offering other activities like “Primavera Violeta”, a series of talks on male-centred culture and musical expression from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. The talk is taking place on Thursday, 25th at 6:30 pm, in Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and is entitled Las vanguardias tienen nombre de mujer [Vanguards have a woman’s name] by Lydia Vázquez, professor of French Philology at the University of the Basque Country.
Finally, in Puerto de la Cruz, the exhibition “The Traviata, public virtues, hidden vices” is opened to the public until 20th May. You can learn about the process of opera production including original costumes and a series of panels where different tasks are explained: make up, tailoring, costume fittings and stage design. It is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 02:00 pm in the patio of the former Casa Rahn.
Tue 23Apr19
En esta propuesta sin escenario, los actores, con el público alrededor, cuentan una historia de apátridas, desplazados y desaparecidos
La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) abre la programación de su sección Foco México con la obra Sin Ítaca, de Pendiente Teatro y Eduardo Bernal. En esta propuesta sin escenario los actores cuentan una historia sobre migración valiéndose de la manipulación de una maqueta. La función es mañana miércoles, día 24, y comenzará a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal. La entrada es libre hasta completar el aforo de 50 personas.
En México hay 14 millones de apátridas, más de 280.000 desplazados por la violencia y cerca de 30.000 desaparecidos. 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 identidad social, la personal y la real es el trinomio indisoluble que permite al individuo convertirse en ciudadano, persona y ser vivo. El desarraigo de Ulises respecto a Ítaca es sólo el pretexto para revisar las formas de relación de algunos personajes menos heroicos con su territorio. Esta instalación ha participado del Festival Teatro para el Fin de Mundo y Nido, ambos de Uruguay, el Fira Tárrega 2018 de Cataluña y Contemporánea Festival de Prato, Italia.
Eduardo Bernal, Tania Barrientos y Jair Mendez firman el concepto de Sin Ítaca, que será interpretado por Adriana Palmero, Uriel Ledesma y Tania Barrientos. Pendiente Teatro es un colectivo fundado en 2007 que cree en el arte como vehículo de comunicación y transformación social. Utiliza herramientas teatrales dirigidas hacia la intervención social con la intención de propiciar círculos colaborativos que generen iniciativas emanadas desde la comunidad.
En el plano artístico buscan crear a partir de su contexto piezas con perspectivas políticas, económicas y estéticas problematizando la investigación y producción teatral. Sin Ítaca fue creado en forma colaborativa junto a Eduardo Bernal, creador y académico que proviene de las artes visuales y quien desde ese campo ha trabajado proyectos escénicos.
La sala principal del Teatro El Sauzal se desnuda para recibir la escenografía de Sin Ítaca, una pieza muy cercana a una instalación de arte contemporáneo, en la que el público, de pie, vivirá una experiencia diferente durante una hora. La obra está recomendada para mayores de 16 años y los menores de 5 no tienen permitido el acceso.
Como el aforo de este espectáculo es reducido, la entrada será por orden de llegada al Teatro El Sauzal, en cuya taquilla se entregará una invitación para el acceso desde 90 minutos antes del comienzo. Esta será la manera de acceder a todas las propuestas escénicas de Foco México, una sección de MEI con entrada gratuita que se centra en un país invitado.
En esta primera edición se presentan ocho espectáculos de teatro y circo mexicanas de carácter contemporáneo que se desarrollarán en el Teatro El Sauzal del 24 de abril al 5 de mayo. La próxima cita será el viernes [día 26] con Enemigo del Pueblo, un montaje de gran formato de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro de México.
La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) está impulsada por el Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife, dependiente del Cabildo insular, y su sede es el Teatro El Sauzal. Espectáculos de Portugal, Cuba, Canarias y España se llevan dando cita en el municipio norteño desde el pasado 22 de marzo y hasta el próximo 11 de mayo.
Mon 22Apr19
The production is part of the Ópera en Familia programme and has Stefania Panighini as stage director
Ópera de Tenerife presents today, Monday, the 22nd, the production , by Humperdinck, to be performed at Sala Sinfónica on Saturday, the 27th at 06:00 pm and Sunday, the 28th at 12:00 noon, under the Ópera en Familia format. This singspiel deals with the fight between good and evil and also with the passing from childhood to maturity of the siblings. The details were revealed by the Island Director for Culture, José Luis Rivero, and stage director Stefania Panighini, at an event also attended by the singers who are performing in this production.
Ópera en Familia is an Ópera de Tenerife initiative which adapts a title for younger audiences every season. Thus, the principles and values of this art are made available to the young while they also become aware of other cultural projects carried out by Ópera de Tenerife, all of which are under the Tenerife 2030 strategy. This performance is part of Auditorio de Tenerife’s Educational and Social Area, with the collaboration of Fundación Cepsa and Obra Social “la Caixa”.
José Luis Rivero highlighted that this production “revisits the classic by Humperdinck, which was a sensation when it was premiered in 2015, including a great cast for this family opera, many of whom are old friends and familiar faces to Ópera de Tenerife, like the stage director, who is doing her third title with us”. In Rivero’s view, Ópera en familia is “a very special project, a fundamental title in the season with which we try to convey this universal language to the audience, families, from children to grandparents, to do away with the prejudices about the opera being an elitist art”.
Also, the island director explained that “apart from the school performance, we offer two more performances at the weekend, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. The idea is for families to be able to come to this opera dealing with current issues experienced by present-day families and approached in a very modern style”. Finally, José Luis Rivero thanked Fundación Cepsa and Obra Social “la Caixa”, which collaborate with the Educational and Social Area of Auditorio de Tenerife, because “without them, it’d be far more difficult to establish the programme”.
Stefania Panighini thanked Ópera de Tenerife “for bringing me here again, it’s like coming back home”, she admitted, as she reflected on the duty of art: “theatre and opera are made for entertainment but it sometimes involves other duties, like making us think about the important issues of life”. Panighini said that Hansel and Gretel is about a journey, “one of the most important journeys in life, the passing from childhood to adolescence, especially for our protagonists, who live in poverty. Although whatever the economic and social conditions of a child, they all share one thing in common: dreaming”. So, the director has set the place where the heroes get lost on the outskirts of a city instead of a forest. A wall full of graffiti leads to a world full of colour, fantasy and sweets.
Hänsel und Gretel is a three-act opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. This is an 80-minute adaptation with libretto by Adelheide Wette, the composer’s sister, based on a tale by the Grimm brothers. The opera was premiered on 28 December 1893 at Hoftheater in Weimar, Germany, under the baton of Richard Strauss. Although the duration of the work is reduced, the original message of the author remains untouched, and will also be reinforced by informative material handed out at the door to the auditorium. The texts have been translated into Spanish and the musical parts are kept in German with subtitles on a screen.
This is the third time stage director Stefania Panighini works at Ópera de Tenerife, after Hänsel and Gretel (Humperdinck) in 2015 and Rinaldo (Handel) in 2016. She transports us to a world of asphalt and graffiti full of dangers for the two kids, who fall asleep in the street and a dream leads them to a magical portal behind a wall. We are at a stage design that is permeated with the asphyxiating atmosphere of a large modern city.
Rubén Sánchez-Vieco is in charge of the musical direction and he will lead Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. The cast includes Aurora Faggioli (mezzo soprano), Inés Lorans (soprano), David Astorga (tenor), Silvia Zorita (mezzo soprano), Fernando García-Campero (baritone) and Elvira Padrino (soprano). Costume design is by Leo Martínez, in his tenth production for Ópera de Tenerife after his well-liked work in the musicals Sunset Boulevard, Jesucristo Superstar and Evita.
The performance on Saturday, 27 April is at 6:00 pm and on Sunday, 28th at 12:00 noon at Sala Sinfónica of Auditorio de Tenerife. Tickets for this Ópera de Tenerife show can be purchased at Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday; on the internet on auditorio website or calling 902 317 327.
Tue 16Apr19
Inscripción
VI Concurso Internacional de Canto de Ópera de Tenerife
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El Cabildo de Tenerife, a través de Ópera de Tenerife, abre la convocatoria del VI Concurso Internacional de Canto Ópera de Tenerife, que se celebrará en el Auditorio de Tenerife del 30 de junio al 3 de julio y que concluirá con el concierto de los galardonados, acompañado por el Maestro Dario Tondelli, que se realizará el jueves 4 de julio a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara.
Cualquier cantante, con independencia de su nacionalidad, nacido a partir del 1 de enero de 1979, podrá presentarse a este certamen que nace con el objetivo de convertirse en un puente hacia un desarrollo profesional de mayor éxito y nivel artístico. Antes de la inscripción deberá leer detenidamente las bases y enviar los formularios de inscripción a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. antes de las 13:00 horas del 25 de junio 2019.
Los concursantes deberán preparar cinco arias de libre elección, si optan para competir por el Premio María Orán, deberán además, preparar dos arias del repertorio de zarzuela. Las arias se cantarán de memoria y el programa elegido no podrá cambiarse una vez que sea admitido por el Comité Organizador del Concurso. En esta convocatoria podrán concurrir los siguientes tipos de voz: soprano, mezzosoprano, contralto, contratenor, tenor, barítono, bajo-barítono o bajo.
Fase eliminatoria: 30 de junio y 1 de julio de 2019
Fase semifinal: 2 de julio de 2019
Fase Final: 3 de julio de 2019
Concierto de Galardonados: 4 de julio 2019
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EXTENDED THE DEADLINE UNTIL TUESDAY 25 JUNE AT 13:00 HOURS
Opera de Tenerife opens the call for the VI International Singing Competition Ópera de Tenerife, which will be held in the Auditorium of Tenerife from June 30 to July 3 and will conclude with the Concert of the winners, accompanied by Maestro Dario Tondelli, to be held on Thursday July 4 at 19:30 pm in the Chamber Hall.
Any singer, regardless of nationality, born starting with January 1, 1979, may participate in this festival that is conceived with the aim of becoming a bridge to a professional development of greater success and artistic level. Before registering, you must read the rules carefully and send the registration forms to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 13:00 on June 25, 2019.
Singers must prepare five arias of their own choice, if they choose to compete for the María Orán Prize, they must also prepare two arias from the zarzuela repertoire. The arias will be performed by heart and the programme selected will not be changed once it has been accepted by the Competition Organising Committee. The following types of voices may be heard in this competition: soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone or bass.
Qualifying Phase: June 30 and July 1, 2019
Semi-final Phase: 2 July 2019
Final Phase: July 3, 2019
Awards Concert: July 4, 2019
Tue 16Apr19
Cabildo de Tenerife, through Auditorio de Tenerife, and Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme present for the second year in a row a programme of courses for technical students and professionals in performing arts shows. The island director for Culture, José Luis Rivero, and the director of Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme, Esther Martel Gil, revealed the details of this training scheme to take place from May to June.
José Luis Rivero explained that “at Distrito de las Artes and in line with Tenerife 2030 we wish to offer training in the creative industries pursuing a double goal: education and employability”. “The collaboration of schools, like CEIP César Manrique, is most important, as they not only provide students but also the spaces and technical resources necessary to give some of the courses”, he added. To José Luis Rivero “public-private co-operation is fundamental and thanks to the agreement with Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme we can offer more affordable prices”.
For her part, Esther Martel Gil admitted that “the course last year was a success”. “Our challenge was to improve the employability and qualification of our technicians and students giving them the opportunity to learn with high-level teachers”. Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme’s director shared her “satisfaction for meeting students’ expectations”. Esther Martel Gil said that some students of the first courses have improved their work conditions, have provided means to save costs and time in the performance of their job and some have even started their own businesses.
After the success last year and in answer to the needs conveyed by the sector, an offer has been set up to continue in the same line, which consists of three 40-hour courses on the most widely-used computer programmes in the creation and production of live shows (Autocad, Wysiwyg and Qlab) plus one 25-hour course on the connection of electronic devices (Redes). The number of places for these intensive courses is reduced and their goal is to improve the skills and specialisation of the participants.
Last year the course addressed the first level of the Wysiwyg and Qlab programmes, this year we are tackling the second degree of difficulty in order to further the specialisation of participants. The training school specialising in design, lighting and new technologies for shows DiiVANT will give a certificate at the end of both courses.
With the aim of improving the employability and skills of these Canarian professionals the courses feature speakers and teachers specialising in the different subjects offered. They will take place at Auditorio de Tenerife and at CEIP César Manrique, which is providing the technical, material and human resources needed for a successful course.
Thanks to the collaboration of Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme, courses can be offered at a reduced price, so that professionals pay 60 euros plus IGIC and students 30 euros plus IGIC, per person and course. You can enrol on Auditorio website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, in the Training subsection of the Educational and Social area here.
Auditorio de Tenerife is currently carrying out a large number of projects that turn it into the largest centres of show production in the Canary Islands, as Cabildo de Tenerife has entrusted them with the production of a great part of its Strategy for the Performing Arts on the island, including the management of the Instituto de Artes Escénicas de Tenerife.
This growing activity gives rise to the need of having more qualified professionals and it is in the technical departments where it is more difficult to find specialised staff. That is why we have opted for setting up our own training programme with the aim of covering the lack of professionals specialising in this area in the Canaries.
The first course, taught by architect Luzan Oramas de La Concha, is Autocad Level 1, a programme applied to stage design and the setting up of shows in different auditoriums. It will take place from 6 to 10 May from 08:00 am to 3:00 pm at Sala Oval Castillo in Auditorio de Tenerife.
The Redes Level 1 course is taught by electronic engineer Hugo Gabriel, and will be held from 27 to 31 May, from 09:00 am to 2:00 pm, at Sala Oval Castillo in Auditorio de Tenerife. The course deals with setting up, creating and using computer wireless networks applied to shows.
From 10 to 14 June, from 08:00 am to 03:00 pm, at Sala Oval Castillo in Auditorio de Tenerife the course in Wysiwyg Nivel 2. Luis Perdiguero, who has worked in technical direction, stage and lighting design in theatres since 1990, will further the knowledge of students on this programme to design and light for the performing arts.
Finally, CEIP César Manrique will once again welcome composer Mariano García, to teach the second level of Qlab, from 18 to 22 June, from 08:00 am to 03:00 pm. This programme is used to control lighting, sound and video in live shows.
Tue 16Apr19
The language of the French Baroque viola da gamba will sound on Sunday, 21st at 12:00 noon at Sala de Cámara in Auditorio de Tenerife. La voix de la viole will be played by the La Bellemont ensemble as part of the second season of Festival de Música Antigua de Tenerife (Fimante) [Tenerife Early Music Festival].
The concert features music by Marin Marais and other contemporary composers of 18th century France, the time when this instrument reached its maximum splendour.
Tickets can be purchased at Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday, except holidays, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com or calling 902 317 327.
Marin Marais published five books for viola containing over five hundred pieces. In them, according to Fimante artistic director, Conrado Álvarez, “he takes the heritage of his predecessors one step further to the point of giving basse de viole a transcendental dimension as the ideal instrument to imitate the inflections of the human voice and express the feelings and passions of the soul”.
Pièces de Caractère, a musical form that was first used in France in the early 18th century, are independent compositions of varying duration and structure, their main feature being they are descriptive pieces which can depict a person, an object, a situation, or a specific mood.
La Muzette recalls, through its incessant pedal on A, the sound of bagpipes and cornamuses. With Le Labyrinth, the French composer builds a story about the journey of a character who is lost in the Versailles maze. The Tombeau pour Mr de Saint Colombe is an example of a musical form that is widely used in the French repertoire and whose goal is to describe and link the virtues of a deceased person, as well as delve into the grief of losing this individual who was relevant in the life of the composer, maestro de Marais.
The fame attained by Couperin and the high esteem he enjoyed among contemporary musicians led to many of his pieces being transcribed for other instruments. So, Les Bergeries is a composition by Couperin for the harpsichord that Robert de Visée transcribed for the theorbo, continuing a very common practice at the time. Following the same logic, La Couperin, is the harpsichord version by Jean Baptiste Antoine Forqueray, which was originally written for viola da gamba by his father, Antoine Forqueray.
For its part, the piece closing the concert, 32 variations or couplets around the bass Folía, also known as Folies d’Espagne were composed by Marais to display all the technical and expressive resources of the viola da gamba to have it crowned, at least in France, as the queen of instruments.
After 10 years of experience, the Bellemont has attained a position in Spain as a model ensemble in French Baroque music performance. They were nominated to the prestigious ICMA awards and three consecutive nominations for best Baroque ensemble in the Gema Awards.
Bellemont was set up in 2007 following the wish of its members to achieve a very personal interpretation of the viola da gamba and basso continuo repertoire. They have published two records: one devoted to Marin Marais and Plaisir Sacré, nominated to the ICMA awards. Bellemont show their admiration for the music by François Couperin by dedicating their third record to him. Also, they are currently preparing a new project focusing on German Baroque.
Mon 15Apr19
The musical West Side Story reaches Sala Sinfónica of Auditorio de Tenerife with five performances. The Broadway classic is coming to the island with 32 actors and can be enjoyed on 4, 5 and 6 July. The only performance on the first day is at 8:30 pm. There will be two performances on the other days at 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm.
Tickets are now available at Auditorio de Tenerife box office from 10:00 to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday, except holidays, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com or calling 902 317 327.
From the very beginning to the last sigh, West Side Story is one of the major musicals of universal theatre. The score, composed by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, is acknowledged as one of the best on the history of musicals. The lyrics, by Arthur Laurens, are as touching and current as they when first performed.
The original choreographies by Jerome Robbins, have a place of honour in contemporary dance. The greatest love story is taken onto the streets of New York and turn into one of the musical theatre landmarks of all times.
In West Side Story, Arthur Laurens transports Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to the city of New York, where two young lovers are trapped by the conflicts of two street gangs, the Americans Jet and the Puerto Ricans Shark. Their fight for survival in an atmosphere of hatred, violence and prejudices, shapes one of the most exciting, heart-breaking and beautiful stories in musical theatre.
Produced by SOM Produce and coinciding with the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, the full original version as it premiered in Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway, 1957) is now put on in Spain. West Side Story, which has been running nonstop across the world since its premier in 1957, has received all the awards in musical theatre in its many different revivals.
The film version, winner of 10 Oscars, is the record-holder for most awarded film in the history of musicals and runs four in all categories. The Library of Congress of the United States has selected it for conservation by the National Film Archive given its cultural, historical and aesthetic relevance.
Its soundtrack was number 1 for best-sold albums for more weeks than any other throughout history (Billboard, 54 weeks, followed by Michael Jackson’s Thriller, 37 weeks), with iconic songs like María, America or Tonight, among others.