A LAUGH TO CRY opera
Miguel Azguime libreto, música
Paula Azguime encenação
Pedro Neves maestro
Camila Mandillo soprano
Andrea Conangla soprano
André Henriques barítono
Miguel Azguime recitante
Jade Mandillo recitante
Sílvia Cancela flauta
Nuno Pinto clarinete
Vítor Vieira violino
Jorge Alves viola
Luís André Ferreira violoncelo
Francisco Cabrita piano
João Dias percussão
Andre Bartetzki live electronics
Perseu Mandillo motion capture, VFX & 3D
Miso Studio técnica
A Laugh to Cry é uma ópera de uma acutilante actualidade temática que explora algumas das preocupações do ser humano, no contexto de um mundo globalizado, formalizando-se numa reflexão sobre o poder hegemónico de destruição da memória, sobre a devastação da Terra, sobre a guerra; especulando sobre o próprio colapso da humanidade.
Um projecto NEW OP-ERA (uma nova era para a ópera)
da MisoMusicPortugal /Sond’Ar-te / Miso Ensemble
Produção MisoMusicPortugal
Financiamento DgArtes - Ministério da Cultura
A LAUGH TO CRY opera
Miguel Azguime libreto, music
Paula Azguime stage director
Pedro Neves conductor
Camila Mandillo soprano
Andrea Conangla soprano
André Henriques barítono
Miguel Azguime speaker
Jade Mandillo speaker
Sílvia Cancela flute
Nuno Pinto clarinet
Vítor Vieira violin
Jorge Alves viola
Luís André Ferreira cello
Francisco Cabrita piano
João Dias percussion
Andre Bartetzki live electronics
Perseu Mandillo motion capture, VFX & 3D
Miso Studio technique
A Laugh To Cry TEASER
Commissioned by the Warsaw Autumn Festival, with the support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Fund: Ministério da Cultura / Direcção Geral das Artes
Remerciements: Adalberto Alves, Susana Janic, Hiroyuki Saeki, Ylva Gruen, Saoud al-Tayari, Jakub Szczypa, João Cutileiro
A Laugh to Cry explores some of the essential concerns of human beings, transported to our time in the context of a globalized world, formalizing themselves in a reflection on the hegemonic power of destruction of memory, devastationof the Earth while speculating on the collapse of humanity.It’s a cry of freedom against tyranny, against the destructionof Art, against the devastation of the earth, against theomnipresence of arrogance and injustice, against of oppression; it's a glimpse of the loss of humanity, and theforeseen loss of civilisation as we know it.
The opera develops on the border between dream and reality,between the visible and the invisible, between laughter and tears.
A Laugh to Cry with music and multilingual libretto by MiguelAzguime (Portuguese, French, English, and several otherlanguages in the final part) is a metaphysical theatre that putseternal archetypes to music and on stage. The interpretationinvolves five characters, represented by two sopranos, a bassand two narrators (woman and man); 7 acoustic instruments: flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion andelectronic media in real time. The staging is based on multiple video projections built in symbiosis between music and text.
A NEW OP-ERA (a new era for the opera)
a MisoMusicPortugal /Sond’Ar-te / Miso Ensemble project
Production MisoMusicPortugal
Fund DgArtes - Ministério da Cultura
