February 11th, 9:00 pm
TEMPO Grand Auditorium – Teatro Municipal de Portimão
60 min | M/12
€20 | Tickets on sale at https://tempo.bol.pt and at the box office
An operatic performance by Catarina Molder.
Those who die more of love or who sacrifice more for love in opera, literature and life are women. They atone for the evils of the world. The most beautiful death (if death can be beautiful, we all need to believe that it is…), the perfect catharsis is death for love. Amorous death has produced the most remarkable repertoire in the world of opera from its birth to the present day, as well as a remarkable chamber repertoire. In opera, you die singing, another perfect catharsis – the song of death. This show traces the path of a woman who continually dies of love, to the point of ultimate exhaustion. Love makes her live again, to die again. An eternal return. An eternal sacrifice, where all musicians participate. Who wins in the end? Love or death?
On stage, the performer and soprano Catarina Molder is accompanied by the Quarteto Ensemble MPMP, in a musical-scenic show of contemporary opera with sounds ranging from the post-Romanticism of Ernest Chausson to the pop music of the Clã.
Program:
ERNEST CHASSON Chanson Perpétuelle, op. 37
ANTÓNIO CHAGAS ROSA It will only be me (Isoldes Liebestod)
SCHOSTAKOWITCH Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (excerpts and aria)
SOLDIER LUÍS The Mad Virgin – The Infernal Spouse
1. The mad virgin
2. Hell Spouse
3. Condemnation
4. Freak
SCHOSTAKOWITCH Interlude (by Lady Macbeth von Mzensk)
CLAN (Hélder Gonçalves/Carlos Tê) Competence to love
Artist sheet:
Lígia Roque, staging and scenic space
Sérgio Moreira, light design
Catarina Molder, costumes
Interpretation:
Catarina Moldes, soprano
Ensemble MPMP – String Quartet
Veronika Taraban, violin
Maria Ferrer, violin
Amadeus Resendes, viola
Nuno Cardoso, cello
Production: Castle Opera
Co-production: TNSJ