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Ovated at its premiere at Teatro Amazonas last Sunday (14), production based on the work of Richard Wagner, 'Tannhäuser', will have re-performances on Wednesday (17) and Saturday (20).
Who could not attend the premiere of the opera "Tannhäuser" can check out the production based on the work of the German composer Richard Wagner in two other recitals, this Wednesday (17), and Saturday (20), at Amazonas Theater. The first major production presented at the XX Amazon Opera Festival (FAO)the play had its premiere last Sunday night (14), at the Theater, under loud applause from the audience that filled the Amazon lyric house.
The spectators who attended the opening night showed their delight with the staging of "Tannhäuser". Among them was the couple Janio Freitas, 55, and Cibele Freitas, 48, both businessmen from São Paulo.
"It's my first time at the Festival, and I think the show is great, well directed, well produced, well acted, I love it. I suggest anyone who can attend this event to come, because it is accessible and enriching," said Janio. "I had a dream of being able to come here to watch the Festival and today I am realizing that dream. I am delighted! It is all very passionate, very beautiful", added Cibele.
For Angela Matos, 45, a merchant from Presidente Figueiredo, the ticket to the premiere of "Tannhäuser" was part of the treats she received for Mother's Day. And she loved it. "The plot, the story, the scenery, everything is beautiful," she declared during one of the breaks in the show, which she watched with her children. "I've had the opportunity to see other editions of the Amazon Opera Festival and I know how beautiful and well organized it is."
'Tannhäuser'
In its staging at the XX FAO, "Tannhäuser" has musical direction by Luiz Fernando Malheiro, also artistic director of FAO and titular conductor of the Amazonas Philharmonic, who conducted the premiere and who conducts Saturday's (20) recitation. On Wednesday (17), Otávio Simões, assistant conductor of the Philharmonic, will conduct.
The cast is led by the Mexican tenor Luis Chapa, in the title role, together with the soloists, soprano Daniella Carvalho, mezzo-soprano Andreia Souza, basses Anderson Barbosa and Murilo Neves, baritones Homero Velho and Arthur Canguçu, tenors Juremir Vieira and Enrique Bravo, and soprano Bruno de Sá. The children Mayara Passos, Inaiá Vasques, Yasmim Campos, and Thiago dos Santos, all from the Children's Choir of the Claudio Santoro High School of Arts and Crafts, are also in the opera.
Besides the Amazonas Filarmônica, the show has the participation of the Amazonas Choir's Vocal Group and the Amazonas Choir, the Experimental Ballet of the Amazonas Dance Corps, the Amazonas Folkloric Ballet, and the Amazonas Dance Corps.
As for the technical part, the stage direction is by Caetano Pimentel, with choreography by Tindaro Silvano, sets by Giorgia Massetani, costumes by Laura Françozo, and lighting design by Fábio Retti.
This is not the first time that Richard Wagner is featured at FAO. In all, seven operas by the German - born in 1813 in Leipzig and died in Venice, Italy, in 1883 - were staged on the stage of the Teatro Amazonas, including the complete tetralogy of "The Nibelungen Ring", considered the magna opera magna opera.
The opera
First staged in 1845, "Tannhäuser" tells a story that unites the human and the divine, medieval disputes between knights, and a sinner seeking his personal redemption through love.
Based on a medieval legend, the opera is set in Thuringia in the early 13th century and tells the story of the knight Tannhäuser, who, after spending a season at the court of the goddess Venus, decides to return to the company of mortals. As soon as he returns to Earth, he meets his old friends, who take him to a tournament of troubadours, for whom love is a sublime and high ideal; he, however, is a defender of carnal love, and when he is repressed by the others, he needs to go to the Vatican and ask the Pope for forgiveness for his sin.
Live broadcast and accessibility
The first recitation of the Bradesco Opera "Tannhäuser", presented last Sunday (14), was broadcast live on the State Secretary of Culture's YouTube channel, "Cultura Amazonas". The exhibition is available in the channel's catalogwhich also features interviews and broadcasts of the Festival concerts.
The XX Amazon Opera Festival, in all its shows, has audio description for the visually impaired, and simultaneous translation of the show into Sign Language, for the hearing impaired.
Service
Bradesco Opera "Tannhäuser", by Richard Wagner - XX Amazon Opera Festival
- Date/Time: May 17, Wednesday, at 8pm; and May 20, Saturday, at 7pm
- Venue: Amazon Theater
- Admission: Orange Sector: Plateia, friezes and 1° pav. to R$ 60; 2° pav. to R$ 55. Yellow Sector: Box seats at R$ 55; friezes at R$ 45; 1st floor at R$ 40; 2nd and 3rd floor at R$ 35. Purple Sector 1st floor at R$ 25; 2nd floor at R$ 15; 3rd floor at R$ 15; 2nd and 3rd floor outside boxes at R$ 5. www.bestseat.com.br. Students and seniors pay half-entry
- Information: By phone (92) 3232-1768
- Indicative rating: 12 years old
