new op-era A LAUGH TO CRY by Miguel Azguime
10 de Abril | 17h30
Pedro Neves direcção
Camila Mandillo soprano
Andrea Conangla soprano
André Henriques baixo 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
Miguel Azguime libreto, música
Paula Azguime encenação
Andre Bartetzki live electronics, direcção tecnológica
Perseu Mandillo VFX & 3D, fotografia
Margarida Moreira luz
Miso Studio técnica
A Laugh to Cry is a metaphysical theatre embodying eternal archetypes with music and multilingual libretto by Miguel Azguime.
Reflecting on the devastation of the Earth, on the barbarism of war, on the destruction of Nature, on the hegemonic power of the “market” and the consequent annihilation of cultures, on the loss of civilisational memory, he speculates and confronts us with the possible collapse of humanity but also with its eventual rebirth.
A Miso Ensemble /Miso Music Portugal project.
“A Laugh to Cry” pursues Miguel Azguime’s goal, as a composer, poet and performer, to grasp an ideal balance between language and music, to merge the language’s semantic and metaphorical components with its sonic values, in order to achieve his concept of “speech as music and music as speech”. “A Laugh to Cry” extends Miguel Azguime’s research on voice analysis, re-synthesis and processing, aiming at creating a dynamic continuum between timbre, harmony, rhythm and voice spectra.
Encomenda do Warsaw Autumn Festival e Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
