Manaus Ágil tourism and culture in AmazonasIn 2021, Manaus will host the Annual Meeting of Opera Latinoamérica (OLA), an entity that brings together representatives of opera theaters in Latin America and Spain.
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The announcement was made during the 12th edition of the event, which is taking place at Teatro Solís, in Montevideo, Uruguay, after a vote in which the capital of Amazonas competed with the cities of Cali (Colombia) and Lima (Peru).
It will be the first time that Brazil will host the event. According to the Secretary of Culture of Amazonas, Marcos Apolo Muniz, the meeting will be important for the State, including bringing investments to Amazonas.
"It is a great victory for the State Culture, since the OLA is an internationally recognized organization. It will certainly be important for us to continue placing the Amazonas State culture in an international level, enabling investments from other countries in our culture, which will benefit the state in this work that we are developing, in a collective way, in the generation of work and income for the population", she points out.
For Flávia Furtado, FAO's executive producer, who represents the festival at the meeting in Montevideo, the choice will be a watershed for the work done in Manaus.
"Brazil has four active theaters in the OLA, but had never been chosen to host this meeting, which brings together all members to discuss the paths of opera in the world. The choice of the Teatro Amazonas is the recognition of our work. It will be a watershed for the Festival Amazonas de Ópera, since we will be at the forefront of discussions, we will promote visits to the theater and the CTP (Central Production Technique), where everyone will be able to know in loco our work", he comments.
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In 2019, during the 22nd edition of the Amazon Opera Festival (FAO), the meeting "Opera Theaters and the Creative Economy in Latin America" was held in Manaus, which brought together representatives of the segment, including the special secretary of Culture of the Ministry of Citizenship, Henrique Medeiros Pires; the head of the Department of Economics of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Trinidad Zaldivar; and the managing director of OLA, Paulina Ricciardi.
The event, which discussed the importance of the opera market to the economy, was also important to guarantee the Teatro Amazonas the opportunity to host OLA's annual meeting.
About OLA
Opera Latinoamérica (OLA) was founded in 2007, with the Teatro Amazonas as one of the founding members. Headquartered in Santiago (Chile), it has over 25 members from 11 Latin American countries and Spain: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, United States, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
Brazil currently has four active members in OLA: Teatro Amazonas (AM), Theatro da Paz (PA), Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (SP) and Cia Lírica de São Paulo (SP).
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