Promoter
Companhia de Ópera do Castelo - Associação Cultural
Brief Introduction
“Cavalleria rusticana” Pietro Mascagni &
“Pagliacci” Ruggero Leoncavallo
22nd, 24th and 26th August, 21h
Palácio Marquês de Pombal Gardens
Great Classics
Operas in 1 Act
Sung in Italian
Subtitled in Portuguese and English
Length: 2h20 with intermission
Operafest Lisboa & Oeiras led by soprano Catarina Molder, produced by Ópera do Castelo, is back to its 5th Edition from August 22nd to September 11th with great new venues!
Lisboa & Oeiras will vibrate with exciting opera for everyone under the moto of “Basic Instinct” evoking our attraction to extreme situations and celebrating the genius of Luís Vaz de Camões on the 500th anniversary of his birth, with a programme including Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, for the entire family “Little Thumb” by Isabelle Aboulker, “Torment” based on Canto V from Camões’ The Lusiads and much more!
After her acclaimed production of The Magic Flute at last year’s Operafest, actress and director Mónica Garnel oversees this double bill, ably assisted by musical director Osvaldo Ferreira. The cast is led by great Spanish tenor Andeka Gorrotxategi supported by great Portuguese talent, accompanied by Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra and Operafest Choir.
Welcome to Operafest and the tragic world of opera!
Synopsis
Operafest kicks off with not one but two great classics, in the shape of "Cavalleria Rusticana" (1890) by Pietro Mascagni and "Pagliacci" (1892) by Ruggero Leoncavallo, which will be performed in the gardens of the Marquês de Pombal Palace, part of the new programme partnership in Oeiras. The 18th-century heritage site boasts extensive and arresting gardens that offer a dreamlike setting, right on the edge of Lisbon. Once the former residence of the man who invented modern, post-earthquake Lisbon (the Marquis of Pombal), the gardens offer various pedestrian and leisure areas, allowing for a unique operatic experience.
These one-act masterpieces and paradigms of the Italian verismo praise the authenticity of feeling and singing. This can be raw and aggressive, while direct, with real emotions, where tragedy, honour killings, domestic spats, human conflicts move into the popular sphere, with no mediation or pretty words.
Now it's the inhabitants of a Sicilian village - poor people that work in the fields, who run a tavern, or clowns from a travelling circus - who are the heroes of the tragedy, usually resolved with knives in the public square, for all to see.
Stories of impossible loves, compulsive jealousy, abandonment, betrayal and codes of honour, moved by Basic (fatal) Instincts, with the most exciting and inspired music that develops like a film soundtrack, with arias for tenor that reached stratospheric levels of popularity. These are veritable pop songs, sung by ordinary mortals in the street at the beginning of the 20th century, such as the aria Viva o vinho espumejante in Portuguese versions. This is the aria that Turiddu sings cheerfully before being struck down in a duel. And then there’s the iconic aria of the clown whose sad fate is to make others laugh while he dies inside.
After her acclaimed production of The Magic Flute at last year’s Operafest, actress and director Mónica Garnel oversees this double bill, ably assisted by musical director Osvaldo Ferreira. The cast is led by Mexican tenor Rodrigo Porras Garulo and supported by great Portuguese talent, accompanied by Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra and Operafest Choir.
For the very first time, Marquês de Pombal Palace gardens will stage opera, dressed in the garb of an authentic Sicilian village to welcome Operafest with two operatic peals not to be missed!
Artistic Team
Musical Director: Osvaldo Ferreira
Stage director: Mónica Garnel
Set design and costums: Patrícia Costa
Lighting design: Sérgio Moreira
Turiddu: Andeka Gorrotxategi
Santuzza: Catarina Molder
Alfio: Christian Luján
Mamma Lucia: Carolina Figueiredo
Lola: Leila Moreso
Canio: Andeka Gorrotxategi
Nedda: Catarina Molder
Tonio: Jorge Martins
Silvio: Rui Baeta
Beppe: Bruno Almeida
Operafest Lisboa Chorus
Conductor: Filipa Palhares
Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional Information
- The Marquês de Pombal Palace Gardens are 18 km away from Lisbon city center, around 24 minutes by car and around 10 minutes on foot from Oeiras train station.
- Taxi average price (round trip, up to 4 people) €50
- Uber average price (round trip, up to 4 people) €35
- There will be bar and restaurant service as well as 700 free parking spaces in the parks adjacent to the palace.
- There are ramps to access the enclosure.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend the audience to ware arm clothing
Prices
1ª Plateia - 50€
2ª Plateia - 40€
3ª Plateia - 30€
DESCONTOS:
Jovens até 30 anos
Grupos 4 ou mais
