Auditorio de Tenerife has placed itself at the same level as other national theatres. It has managed to go beyond Spanish borders through Opera de Tenerife, leading international opera productions of the highest level. This was possible in collaboration with other European and Latin-American cultural centres. The team of Opera de Tenerife works on this daily challenge to prepare every year larger projects and offer greater excellence, through its seasons, combining classic titles and contemporary proposals.

Ópera de Tenerife season includes Manos a la Ópera  (Hands-on Opera) and Ópera en Familia (Family Opera), two in-house schemes related to our commitment to bring opera and culture to Tenerife people. Our aim is to create an unforgettable experience open to people of all ages, in which literature, music, painting, performing arts or human values go beyond the stage of Auditorio de Tenerife. The season is complemented with performances for the whole family, activities and actions to generate new audiences.

Ópera de Tenerife is an initiative of the Cabildo de Tenerife (the goverment of the island) -through Auditorio de Tenerife-, sponsored by the Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural of the Government of Canary Islands and the Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas y Música INAEM of the Government of Spain. Ópera de Tenerife is a member of the following professional networks: Ópera Europa, Ópera Latinoamericana (OLA), the European Network on Educational Formats in Opera RESEO y the spanish opera network Siglo XXI.


2023-2024 Season

Ópera de Tenerife presents a 2023-2024 season prepared for the new times. We maintain our commitment to the great repertoire and we continue to bet on little exhibited or recently discovered treasures, without renouncing quality and excellence. We want our audiences to feel proud of their lyric season, to enjoy the best classics and be surprised by the contemporary ones, to broaden their stage experience and to share in the evolution of this total art that we love so much. We encourage you to join Club Ópera, becoming a subscriber of Ópera de Tenerife and enjoying discounts, advantages and exclusive events.

the season 

OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Wed 07Jun23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Wed 04Oct23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
José Bros
tenor
MARCO EVANGELISTI
piano
Thu 12Oct23
Fri 13Oct23
Sat 14Oct23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Tue 17Oct23
Thu 19Oct23
Sat 21Oct23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Tue 07Nov23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Tue 21Nov23
Thu 23Nov23
Sat 25Nov23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Tue 28Nov23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Sat 09Dec23
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Wed 17Jan24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sat 20Jan24
Sun 21Jan24
Sat 27Jan24
Sun 28Jan24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Wed 21Feb24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Tue 05Mar24
Thu 07Mar24
Sat 09Mar24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife, Adeje y La Orotava
Airam Hernández
tenor
Vanessa García
piano
Thu 04Apr24
Fri 05Apr24
Sat 06Apr24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Sat 20Apr24
Sun 21Apr24
OperaÓpera de Tenerife
Auditorio de Tenerife
Xabier Anduaga
Tenor
Pablo Mielgo
conductor
Main Choir Ópera de Tenerife - Intermezzo
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orchestra
VER MÁS
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News

Actualidad

'Ariadne auf Naxos', de Richard Strauss, y 'Madama Butterfly', de Puccini, son las primeras producciones

 

El Cabildo de Tenerife acogió hoy la presentación de la temporada 2024-2025 de Ópera de Tenerife. Se mantendrán cinco títulos de abono de alto nivel, con títulos tradicionales y de nueva creación. Se mantienen las apuestas por Ópera en Familia y Ópera de Cámara . Además, se estrenan nuevos proyectos de extensión como Ópera barroca o el festival Ópera en minúscula , para llevar la lírica a otros puntos de la isla, abordar formatos diferentes y abrir colaboraciones con otras instituciones.

Los detalles de este nuevo ciclo fueron dados a conocer por el consejero insular de Cultura, José Carlos Acha , el viceconsejero de Cultura del Gobierno de Canarias, Horacio Umpiérrez , y el director artístico del Auditorio de Tenerife, José Luis Rivero .

José Carlos Acha destacó que “este año cinco títulos de alto nivel y hemos avanzado hacia la ópera barroca y algunos modelos de pequeño formato en otros espacios, más cercanos al espectador, con la colaboración del Gobierno de Canarias y el INAEM ”. “Esta información refleja meses y meses de trabajo de todo el equipo del Auditorio”, señaló el consejero insular de Cultura.

Horacio Umpiérrez destacó el volumen del apoyo del Gobierno de Canarias desde la época del Socaem y resaltó el momento en el que “el Cabildo de Tenerife y Auditorio de Tenerife tomaron el toro por los cuernos en el momento que hubo que avanzar hacia un modelo distinto de gestión que pudiera desarrollar la propia disciplina. Ese modelo ha marcado cómo hemos ido trabajando el resto de instituciones y ahora subsisten en Canarias dos modelos con naturalidad”.

José Luis Rivero consideró que “este momento es una fiesta porque supone el arranque de muchos meses de trabajo y poder dar el pistoletazo con la venta de abono ”, apuntó como uno de los objetivos “catalizar los desarrollos creativos tanto en nuestro territorio como en relaciones”. ”. en el exterior” y manifestó que “el legado de Ópera de Tenerife para el futuro es nuestra apuesta por las creaciones contemporáneas”. El director artístico del Auditorio de Tenerife resaltó que “esta temporada es la más barata de toda España ”.

Los cinco títulos que entran en el abono son la ópera de producción propia Ariadne auf Naxos , de Richard Strauss (octubre); Madama Butterfly , de Giacomo Puccini (noviembre), una producción del Teatro Comunale di Modena; La bella Susona , de Alberto Carretero (diciembre), una propuesta contemporánea coproducida entre Tenerife y el Teatro de la Maestranza; Giovanna d'Arco , de Giusepppe Verdi (marzo), coproducción del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma y el Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía; y Parsifal , síntesis sinfónico-coral en tres actos de Pedro Halffter (junio), una adaptación de la obra de Wagner para coro y orquesta.

Todos estos títulos cuentan con la participación de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife . El coro Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo formará parte de todas las producciones, excepto en la propuesta que abre la temporada. Las funciones comienzan a las 19:30 horas en la Sala Sinfónica del Auditorio de Tenerife.

Rivero señaló que esta temporada “finaliza la tetralogía que hemos dedicado a la historia de la música a la mujer y en este cuarto año ofrecemos otro punto de vista de la mujer ” y demostró que “la estética de ópera de Tenerife se mueve en lo tradicional , lo contemporáneo y ampliamos hacia la estética barroca y hacia el lied romántico con otros formatos y en algunos programas como Ópera en minúscula con la importante ayuda del Gobierno de Canarias”.

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La temporada comienza los días 15, 17 y 19 de octubre apostando por una producción propia de la ópera en un prólogo y un acto Ariadne auf Naxos , de Richard Strauss . Este metateatro parte del relato mitológico de Ariadna, abandonada por su amante Teseo en la isla griega Naxos, poco después de haberlo ayudado a vencer al minotauro. Personajes de la comedia del arte liderados por Zerbinetta, interpretada por la soprano Serena Sáenz, se encargarán de animar a la princesa, papel protagonista que asume la soprano Irina Churilova, que acaba encontrándose con el dios Bacchus, a quien dará vida el tenor Michal König. . . El papel de compositor será defendido por la mezzosoprano Na'ama Goldman. La dirección musical corre a cargo de Diego Martín-Etxebarría y la de escena lleva la firma de Nicola Berloffa .

Una de las óperas más representadas del mundo, Madama Butterfly de Puccini , llega al Auditorio de Tenerife los días 19, 21 y 23 de noviembre para emocionar con la trágica historia de Cio-Cio-San. Esta geisha, interpretada por la soprano Kristine Opolais, se vuelca en su matrimonio con Pinkerton, un militar americano encarnado por el tenor Giorgi Sturua, que la toma más como un pasatiempo durante su estancia en Japón que como una pareja real. La sirviente Susuki y el cónsul Sharpless, serán interpretados por la mezzosoprano Alisa Kolosova y el barítono Fernando Campero, respectivamente. Los tres actos de este relato de Puccini que cumple 120 años mezclan amor, traición y sacrificio. La dirección musical lleva la batuta de Ramón Tebar, mientras que la escena es de Stefano Monti .

La bella Susona , que será representada el 7 de diciembre , narra la historia de una joven judía sevillana del siglo XV, a la que dará vida la soprano Daisy Press, que traicionó a su padre, el barítono Luis Cansino, desvelándole a su amado, un caballero cristiano interpretado por el tenor José Luis Sola, la existencia de un complot del que era cabecilla. Los componentes del grupo conspirador fueron arrestados y ejecutados. La Susona, repudiada y abatida, se retiró a un convento y ordenó que, a su muerte, su cabeza fuera colgada sobre la puerta de su casa. Nacho de Paz será el director musical, mientras que Carlos Wagner firma la escena y la dramaturgia.

Los días 25, 27 y 29 de marzo de 2025 llegará al Auditorio de Tenerife Giovanna d'Arco , la séptima ópera de Verdi . Esta obra narra la historia de Juana de Arco, una joven campesina francesa del siglo XV que ayudó a erigir a Carlos VII como rey en su lucha contra la invasión inglesa durante la Guerra de los Cien Años. El arcángel Miguel y dos mártires hablaban a la joven a través de visiones que le daban las claves para liderar las batallas. En esta producción encabezan el reparto dos cantantes canarios con carreras internacionales de éxito: Yolanda Auyanet como Juana de Arco y Airam Hernández como monarca. El pastor Giacomo será interpretado por el barítono Juan Jesús Rodríguez. La dirección musical de Lukasz Borowicz se complementará con la dirección de escena de Davide Livermore .

El último de los títulos de abono de la temporada es Parsifal , síntesis sinfónico-coral en tres actos de Pedro Halffter , que tendrá lugar el 28 de junio . Tras el poema sinfónico Tannhäuser de 2023, el director de orquesta madrileño vuelve a Ópera de Tenerife para presentar una versión reducida, con coro y orquesta, de una obra de su admirado Richard Wagner . En esta ocasión se trata de Parsifal , la magna ópera del compositor alemán sobre la vida del caballero de la corte del Rey Arturo y su búsqueda del Santo Grial.

Completan la temporada estas propuestas, no incluidas en el abono: el programa Ópera en minúscula (septiembre), que tendrá lugar en el Espacio La Granja, una producción de Auditorio de Tenerife, Teatro Extremo y la Comunidad de Madrid; Die Fledermaus ( El murciélago ) de Johann Strauss (diciembre), en colaboración con el Festival de Música de Canarias y el Teatro Pérez Galdós; la ópera de cámara Trouble in Tahiti , de Leonard Bernstein (enero), una reposición de la producción de Auditorio de Tenerife; una ópera barroca en colaboración con el Teatro Guimerá (enero-febrero), que vendrá acompañada de recitales barrocos; la ópera en familia El retablo de maese Pedro , de Manuel de Falla (abril), una producción con títulos de Compañía Etcétera, Teatro Real y Festival de Música y Danza de Granada; y varios recitales líricos con la soprano Raquel Lojendio.

Además, se renueva otra temporada más la alianza con Ramón Gener como embajador de Ópera de Tenerife a través de conferencias divulgativas que tendrán lugar antes de cada título para contextualizarlo y descubrir sus curiosidades musicales. El también escritor, que acaba de publicar su primera novela, titulada Historia de un piano , vuelve acompañado de sus características presentaciones, su piano y su voz. La primera cita con el divulgador catalán tendrá lugar el 10 de julio a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara.

En esta nueva temporada el abono de martes y jueves tiene un precio de 100 euros y 150 el del sábado . Los menores de 30 años continúan con la posibilidad de sacar un abono por 20 euros . La oferta dispone de descuentos para familias numerosas y usuarios de silla de ruedas más acompañantes. Los actuales abonados pueden renovar ya, aunque si quieren cambiar de butaca o de día de función tienen que esperar al 14 de mayo.

El 11 de junio comienza la campaña para nuevos abonados y las entradas sueltas de los títulos de abono - 30 euros para las funciones de martes y jueves, y 50 euros para el sábado-se pueden adquirir desde el 3 de julio .

Aparte del precio especial, los abonados del Club Ópera cuentan con una serie de ventajas : aseguran su butaca desde antes de que comience la temporada, se les invita a eventos exclusivos en cada título y tendrán una copa gratuita en el intermedio de cada título de abono. . Por otro lado, se les envía con antelación a su correo electrónico el programa de mano, tienen flexibilidad a la hora de realizar cambios puntuales en su abono y cuentan con descuento y venta preferente para el resto de la programación de la temporada. También pueden beneficiarse de descuentos en la tienda, en las visitas guiadas y en la cafetería.

Los miembros del Club Ópera Joven cuentan con algunas de estas ventajas: antes de que comience la temporada ya han elegido su butaca de cada título de abono; reciba en su correo el programa de mano del espectáculo con antelación, y pueden solicitar cambios puntuales de fecha de su abono. También cuentan con un período de atención de venta preferente , reciben una personalizada por teléfono y por correo electrónico y pueden acogerse a un descuento en la cafetería del Auditorio .

Toda la información de la temporada y los abonos se encuentra en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com . El horario de la taquilla y la venta telefónica (902 317 327) es de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas, excepto festivos. El teléfono de información del Auditorio, 922 568 625, tiene un horario de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 14:00 horas, excepto festivos.

Actualidad

Adeje and La Orotava join the capital city in receiving three different programmes put together by the singer himself.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife brings these lyrical recitals to three venues on the island by the tenor Airam Hernández and the pianist Vanessa García. From April 4 to 6, the Auditorio de Adeje, the Auditorio Teobaldo Power in La Orotava, and the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz will host different programmes that the singer has prepared with each of these venues in mind. All performances start at 7:30 p.m.

For Airam Hernández, "planning a concert is comparable to creating a good perfume: the order, quantity and balance between the pieces are essential for it to work". "Thus, it thrills and lives on in the memory.", states the San Cristóbal de La Laguna-born tenor, who began his solo career in the Opernstudio and Ensemble of the Opernhaus Zürich

The Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife will be the first to welcome the renowned singer on Thursday, April 4, with El viaje del Trovador (The Troubadour's Journey). This programme includes a selection of Spanish songs that trace a line through time from the 15th century to the present, inviting the audience to travel through time and enjoy the compositional evolution of a repertoire rich in registers and a broad palette of sounds.

The following day, Friday the 5th, the tenor and the pianist will perform at the Auditorio in Adeje the programme Aires del Sur (Tunes of the South), focusing on composers from the south of Spain and Latin America. The tour ends on Saturday 6th, at the Auditorio Teobaldo Power in La Orotava with the programme Aires del Norte, dedicated to composers from the north of Spain. For Airam Hernández, "They were born to offer two programmes that connect with people who come to these two beautiful spaces on the island. Thus, we are offering our audience the chance to enjoy two different programmes that capture the essence of the Spanish song tradition".

Hernández has taken on the role of Tamino, Don Ottavio, Pollione, Tebaldo, Edgardo, Alfredo, Fenton, Faust, Rodolfo, Jason, Ulysse, Grigori, and Arcadio, as well as the world premières in Sardanapalo (Liszt), Caruso in Cuba (Schaunard Award for Best Performer of the Year), and El Abrecartas.

He has performed in the main theatres in countries such as Spain, France, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Hungary and Switzerland. He has been conducted by conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Teodor Currentzis, Fabio Luisi, Nicola Luisotti, Nello Santi, Marco Armiliato, Ivor Bolton, Víctor Pablo Pérez and Markus Poschner, among others. 

Vanessa García is a Spanish pianist, repetiteur, vocal coach and assistant orchestra conductor who particularly excels as an extraordinary accompanist. Her musical attributes were apparent from an early age, so she studied singing, chamber music and choral conducting. 

At different times, Vanessa García has had the chance to perform as a soloist and accompanist at the Palau de la Música and with the Orchestra of the Catalonian Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain). She is a vocal coach and repetiteur at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

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Actualidad

The show, winner of three Max awards, will take place on Sunday 17 at the Symphony Hall.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers Oskara, by the Basque company Kukai Dantza, winner of the National Dance Award. The show will be performed at the Symphony Hall on Sunday (17) at 7:30 p.m. It was awarded Best Dance Show at the 30th Huesca International Fair of Theatre and Dance (2016) and obtained three MAX Awards: Best Costume Design, Best Cast, and Best Dance Show.

This project features a cast of five dancers and a singer. It is an exciting collaboration between Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau, who is one of the most renowned choreographers in Europe today. Morau received the National Dance Award in 2013 and has worked with some of the most prestigious companies of our time. He also creates innovative works with his company, La Veronal.

Oskara is the coming together of two choreographic universes and two perspectives of dance that navigate between the most popular roots and the most avant-garde expression, proposing a new scenic universe on the national scene. This installation work explores some landscapes of Basque culture, and myths, from its origins to the contemporary era. The proposal presents a journey of symbols and iconography that contains the history of human experience, in the most absolute way, with an ambiguous and disconcerting strength.

The code of the play is highly abstract, with an almost violent language that can only be understood by the order of the compositions.

In addition to Oskara, Yarin will be performed the day before, Saturday 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall's stage box. It is a choreography by Jon Maya, the founder of the Basque company, the flamenco dancer Andrés Marín (National Dance Award winner 2022) and Sharon Fridman, a multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer. Both shows are recommended for those over 16 years of age.

Kukai Dantza was created in 2001 through the initiative of the dancer and choreographer Jon Maya. Kukai carries out its work through traditional Basque dance and proposes encounters with other dance styles and ways of understanding art. Thus, Kukai creates contemporary shows through traditional Basque dance, producing unique creations and collaborations with prestigious choreographers. This has earned it an unmistakable identity on the international scene, and it is making an increasing number of appearances at festivals and on programmes all over the world.

Its many awards notably include the Max Award for Best New Show in 2009 and the two 2015 Max Awards received for 'Gelajauziak: Best Musical Composition (Sabin Bikendi) and Best Cast.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 for Oskara and €10 for Yarin (5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age, in both cases), 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 the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

Actualidad

Soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea considers that "the costume design of this Rusalka is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life”.

 

Tomorrow (Tuesday 5), the Auditorio de Tenerife is premiering its in-house production of the opera Rusalka by Antonín Dvorák. The first show will star the Basque soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea, while on Thursday 7 and Saturday 9 Ángeles Blancas is expected to tackle the role as she waits to recover after being a little unwell.

For Vanessa Goikoetxea, "The costume design of this Rusalka is impressive, it is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life”. The soprano is making her debut with this show at the Opera de Tenerife and says that "although I have spent little time in the production, I have felt a lot of support and love from the entire team, so much that I feel at home here”.

Goikoetxea acknowledges that it is a character that she feels comfortable with vocally, exploiting her most dramatic facet, but she also really identifies with the musical aspect and even emotionally. Rusalka is much more than the little mermaid, she is sensual but childlike, a dreamer, human and non-human... Playing with all of that is very interesting for me" explains the soprano, who adds that "vocally it may seem easy, but Dvořák imbues everything with an impressive lyricism, and he has a brilliant way of handling the voices”.

The soprano recommends to a hesitant audience "that sometimes it is necessary to delve into worlds where you don't have so much control, which can be scary. But I can assure them that they will leave differently from how they entered before the show started. I am certain that they will experience catharsis”.

Vanessa Goikoetxea made her debut with this role in January in Nice. The review in Ópera Actual acknowledged that "the Spanish soprano performed her opening aria forcefully and freely, offering superb high notes, with a firm voice, without variations in timbre or any kind of tremolo”. Jaume Estapá – the author of the article – stated that Goikoetxea "offered nuance in musical passages with a great lyrical feeling and always gave the impression of having authority and a great sense of drama”.

Goikoetxea, who took part in the general rehearsal yesterday, shared the stage with a cast that includes the bass Vazgen Gazaryan, in the role of Vodník, Rusalka's father. The tenor Rodrigo Porras will play the prince with whom Rusalka falls in love. The soprano Magdalena Anna Hofmann plays the role of the foreign princess, a former lover of the prince who will try to stop his relationship with the mermaid. The witch Jezibaba, who grants Rusalka's wish and who in this production will look like an orchestra maestro, will be played by mezzo-soprano Adriana Bignagni Lesca.

The cast is completed by three wood spirits, played by soprano Julietta Aleksanyan and mezzo-sopranos Carmen Artaza and Maria Schellenberg. Baritone Jiří Brückler will take on the roles of a hunter and a forester, while mezzo-soprano Nicole Chirka will be the perceptive kitchen maid. Both characters, who are relatives in the original libretto, act as a kind of stage manager in this production.

The shows this week marks the premiere on the island of the Czech composer's most popular opera, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of his death. It involves a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, loosely based on the fairy tale Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and inspired by The Little Mermaid (1837) by Hans Christian Andersen and other European tales. Premiered in 1901, the opera is in Czech and will have subtitles in Spanish and English.

This in-house production of the Auditorio de Tenerife also marks the debut in Spain of the Brazilian stage director André Heller-Lopes, who proposes a show that ranges between the classic and the contemporary, the reality and the fantasy, with references to the Canarian coastline, eastern culture and the magic of nature.

In this production, the first act opens with a forest of music stands surrounded by a coastline and sea beds, while the second act shows how a luxury eastern palace emerges on stage. The ending of the third act is different to the children's versions of this story of mermaids in love. In this production, which has involved over two hundred people from several countries on three continents, it is possible to see Indian fabrics, eastern daggers, old instruments and magic effects.

Heller-Lopes' team is completed by the set designer Renato Theobaldo, Marcelo Marques' costumes and the lighting designer Gonzalo Córdova. The Brazilian assistant director also undertakes choreographer duties with the dancers from the ballet Centro Internacional de Danza de Tenerife. The videographer Pedrós created the images that will be screened, and they have a great local component. The British conductor Paul Daniel is the musical conductor of this show. He will conduct the Sinfónica de Tenerife and the Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo Choir, directed by Pablo Moras.

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 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families, and for those under 30, the price is 5 euros.

Actualidad

Ópera de Tenerife comunica que, debido a una ligera indisposición de la soprano Ángeles Blancas, el rol de Rusalka será interpretado el próximo martes (día 5) por Vanessa Goikoetxea.

 

Ópera de Tenerife confía en la plena recuperación de Ángeles Blancas, que afrontará este papel en las otras dos funciones previstas, programadas para el jueves y sábado de la próxima semana.

Actualidad

The Canarian coastline, an eastern palace and a magical atmosphere characterise next week's opera event

 

The in-house production of the opera Rusalka that Auditorio de Tenerife is preparing is ready for its premiere next week. On 5, 7 and 9 March at 7:30 p.m. The Symphony Hall will offer this show composed by Antonín Dvořák which over two hundred people are working on, including musicians, singers, craftspeople, and the technical and artistic team.

The soprano Ángeles Blancas, plays the starring role. She believes that "the ending of Rusalka is magical, it leaves you breathless" and she is "endlessly" grateful to the Auditorio de Tenerife for being able to do this Rusalka, an immensely beautiful role, which I last performed in 2007”.

“The passing years have helped me to bring greater depth to it, a broader dimension. Now my voice, mind and body are indeed ready to give the character everything that I feel this role needs, which is genuinely dramatic, with very dark and highly powerful tones, even though we are dealing with a young immortal aquatic nymph" reflects Blancas.

The recent winner of the Opera XXI Best Singer award acknowledges that "Rusalka is one of my favourite operas. The music of Dvořák makes you transcend, forget, leap into another dimension...every phrase has a story, none is in vain, and during the entire opera you surf over a sea of beauty”.

It will be the first time that this opera by the Czech composer has been staged on the island, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of his death. It also marks the debut in Spain of the Brazilian stage director André Heller-Lopes, who proposes a show that ranges between the classic and the contemporary with references to the Canarian coastline, eastern culture and the magic of nature.

This production has been taking shape for months in both Tenerife and other places around the world. As Indian fabrics were needed, part of the stage design was carried out in Italian workshops and several members of the team have travelled from Brazil. Also, there are twenty external companies and professionals linked to the project to carry out different aspects of it, from costume design details to the special effects inherent to audiovisual resources for staging and uncommon prop elements.

Heller-Lopes, the director of the opera, has shared his thoughts on the proposal. He found the idea of changing realities interesting and decided to make it a part of the opera. For instance, in acts one and three, which are usually fantasy worlds, he portrayed them as reality. On the other hand, act two, which takes place in a palace and is designed as a reality,

is a fantasy for the audience. The director also highlighted that the opera's subject matter is relevant to the present times, where there is a lack of communication due to social media, fake news and wars.

Heller-Lopes' team is completed by the set designer Renato Theobaldo, Marcelo Marques' costumes and the lighting designer Gonzalo Córdova. The Brazilian assistant director also undertakes choreographer duties with the dancers from the ballet Centro Internacional de Danza de Tenerife who are participating. The videographer Pedrós created the images that will be screened, and they have a great local component.

The British conductor Paul Daniel is the musical conductor of this show. He will conduct the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and the Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo Choir, directed by Pablo Moras.

In addition to Ángeles Blancas, the cast of Rusalka's three performances includes the bass Vazgen Gazaryan as Vodník, Rusalka's father. The tenor Rodrigo Porras will play the prince with whom Rusalka falls in love. The soprano Magdalena Anna Hofmann plays the role of the foreign princess with whom the prince is infatuated. The witch Jezibaba, who grants Rusalka's wish, will be played by mezzo-soprano Adriana Bignagni Lesca.

The cast is completed by three wood spirits, played by soprano Julietta Aleksanyan and mezzo-sopranos Carmen Artaza and Maria Schellenberg. Baritone Jiří Brückler will take on the roles of a hunter and a forester, while mezzo-soprano Nicole Chirka will be the perceptive kitchen maid.

Rusalka, an opera in three acts, was premiered in 1901. It has a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, freely based on the fairy tale Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and inspired by The Little Mermaid (1837), the work by Hans Christian Andersen, and other European tales. Rusalka is the most popular of the ten operas that Dvořák composed and the one that earned him an international reputation. The opera is in Czech and will have subtitles in Spanish and English.

Rusalka is a water nymph who falls in love with a prince and asks a witch to turn her into a human so that she can be with him. However, this transformation comes at the cost of losing her voice. The ending of the opera is tragic, which sets it apart from other versions of the same story that are often sugar-coated for children.

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 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families, and for those under 30, the price is 5 euros.

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