One of my operas is touring several places in Portugal this year. The first performance will take place on Saturday 7th February; Carlos do Carmo Auditorium; Lagoa, Portugal. Tickets: €12. For more details, click here. Below is the information you can find on this site.

Tahiti! is a ‘double bill’ of the opera Trouble in Tahiti  (1952) by Leonard Bernstein and Pacific Pleasures (2016-17) by Alannah Marie Halay with a libretto by Jorge Balça.

Pacific Pleasures will have its national premiere with this production.

Set in a residential suburb like so many others, Tahiti! tells the story of a young couple, Sam and Dinah, who discover that everything they ever wanted hasn’t made them happy. They still have to find their Tahiti.

This production employs a variety of dramatic strategies and tools, such as physical theatre and puppetry, which, in collaboration with MAC/CCB, are inspired by the work of Paula Rego. Tahiti! imagines a life for the two main characters before Bernstein’s opera, beginning with an argument. How did Sam and Dinah become so unhappy? And to what extent were their lives already mapped out before they began to live them? And how much control do they truly have over their lives?

This project aims to bring Tahiti! to territories, audiences, theaters, and auditoriums in the Algarve where staged opera performances are not usually performed. This is a show for everyone! 

– written by Orquestra do Algarve

Program

ALANNAH MARIE HALAY Pacific Pleasures

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Trouble in Tahiti

Language: English (with Portuguese subtitles)

Duration: 40 minutes + 40 minutes (with a 15-minute intermission)

Age rating: M | 16. For more information, see here.

Technical and Artistic Credits

Staging and Set Design by Jorge Balça

Musical Direction: Pablo Urbina

Executive Production and Financial Management: Sara Lamares / Fairies and Elves – Cultural Association

Lighting Design by Wilma Moutinho

Light Operation (Cineteatro Louletano and Small Auditorium, Belém Cultural Center) Tiago Coelho

Costumes, Props and Characterization: Nuno Esteves (Blue)

Design and Construction of Puppets by Natacha Costa Pereira / SAMarionetas

Puppet Manipulation Coordination: José Manuel Valbom Gil, Natacha Costa Pereira, Sofia Olivença Vinagre / SA Marionetas

Stage Direction: Ana Paula Meneses

Correpetation Bernardo Marques

Press Office Ana Abrantes and Sara Battesti

Video recording by Bruno Canas

Photographic Record by Bruno Simão

Translation and Subtitling by Jorge Balça

Cast:

Mezzo-soprano Inês Constantino

Baritone Ricardo Panela

Baritone Rui Baeta

Tenor Leonel Pinheiro

Soprano Sofia Marafona

Puppeteers Ana Rebelo and Luís Godinho (SA Marionetas)

Orchestra:

Violins: Laurentiu Simões, Helena Duarte

Viola: Angela Silva

Cello: Mikhail Shumov

Double bass:  Bruno Carneiro

Oboe: Luís Figueiredo

Bassoon: Catarina Avelãs

Flute: Stefania Bernardi

Clarinet:  Pedro Nuno

Trumpet: Jorge Pereira

French Horn: André Gomes

Percussion: José Ramalho

Piano: Bernardo Marques 

Trombone:  André Conde

Co-production:

Fairies and Elves – Cultural Association and Orchestra of the Algarve

Support:

Lagoa City Council

Loulé City Council

Belém Cultural Center

Lagos City Council

Aegis – Portuguese Association of Arts

Parish Council of Misericórdia

Institutional Support:

National Arts Plan

University of Algarve

This project is supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sport | DGARTES – Directorate-General for the Arts

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Tickets: €12 > www.bol.pt 

+Info: 282 380 452 

Fairies and Elves – Cultural Association  and Orchestra of the Algarve, Co-Production