One of my operas Pacific Pleasures (2017) will be performed 9th October (7.00pm start) in Lagos, Portugal in the municipal arts venue that is Centro Cultural de Lagos.

You can find more information here. Below is an English translation of the information on their site.

TAHITI!

October 9th | 7:00 PM

Location: Lagos Cultural Centre – Duval Pestana Auditorium.
Organized by: Fadas e Elfos – Cultural Association and Lagos City Council with the support of DGArtes/RTCP.
Duration: 95 min
. Age rating: 16+.
Tickets available at the CCL reception or through BOL.

Show in English with Portuguese subtitles.

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 had 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?

TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC CREDITS:
Staging and Set Design: Jorge Balça
Musical Direction: Pablo Urbina
Conductor: Jorge Leiria
Executive Production and Financial Management: Sara Lamares / Fadas e Elfos – Associação Cultural
Lighting Design: Wilma Moutinho
Lighting Operation (Cineteatro Louletano and Small Auditorium Centro Cultural de Belém): Tiago Cunha
Costumes, Props and Makeup: Nuno Esteves (Blue)
Puppet Design and Construction: Natacha Costa Pereira / SAMarionetas
Puppet Manipulation Coordination: José Manuel Valbom Gil, Natacha Costa Pereira, Sofia Olivença Vinagre / SA Marionetas
Stage Direction: Ana Paula Meneses
Performance Review: Bernardo Marques and Tiago Mileu
Press Relations: Ana Abrantes and Sara Battesti
Video Recording: Bruno Canas
Photography: Bruno Simão
Translation and Subtitling: 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: Ângela 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: Tiago Mileu
Trombone: André Conde

Co-production:
Fairies and Elves – Cultural Association and Orchestra of the Algarve

Supporters:
Lagoa City Council,
Loulé City Council,
Belém Cultural Center,
Lagos City Council,
Égide – Portuguese Arts Association,
Misericórdia Parish Council

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