Concert in tribute to Carlos Gomes and Luigi Manini - Opera and Scenography
Quinta da Regaleira
Rita Marques, soprano
Susana Gaspar, soprano
Marco Alves dos Santos, tenor
André Baleiro, baritone
João Paulo Santos, piano
Tickets: Quinta da Regaleira ticket office, regaleira.byblueticket.pt and Blueticket outlets
Duration: 70 Minutes approx., without interval
Age rating: 6+
António Carlos Gomes (1836-1896) was the most important opera composer of Brazilian romanticism, considered the greatest lyric composer of the Americas and the second most staged name at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, after Giuseppe Verdi, who even declared about Carlos Gomes: ‘Questo giovane comincia dove finisco io!’ (This young man starts where I finish!).
This spectacle aims to celebrate the operatic works of António Carlos Gomes, through the performance of excerpts from his works, by four singers accompanied by the piano, with a short historical context for each musical piece, visually ennobled by Luigi Manini's scenery, thus harmonising the Regaleira's scenic architecture with the works presented. Arias and ensembles will be performed from his main operas since his debut, The Night of the Castle, Lo Schiavo, with a special focus on his first great success in Italy, Il Guarany, not forgetting Fosca, Salvator Rosa, and Maria Tudor.
CARLOS GOMES (1836-1896)
A NOITE DO CASTELO (1861)
Dueto (Leonor, Inês) - Oh! como é linda e mimosa
FOSCA (1873)
Aria (Paolo) - Ah! Se tu sei fra gli angeli
Duetto (Delia, Fosca) - Orfana e sola
Duetto (Fosca, Cambro) - Tu la vedrai negli impeti
IL GUARANY (1870)
Aria (Cecilia) – Gentile di cuore
Duettino (Cecilia, Cacico) – Giovinetta, nello sguardo
LO SCHIAVO (1889)
Terzetto (Ilàra, Americo, Iberè) - Chino la fronte al suol
Aria (Contessa) – Un astro splendido (Inno della libertà)
MARIA TUDOR (1879)
Aria (Maria) – Forse, salir vedendoti
IL GUARANY (1870)
Duetto (Cecilia, Pery) - Sento una forza indomita
Terzetto finale (Cecilia, Pery, Don Antonio) - Con te giurai di vivere
SALVATORE ROSA (1874)
Duetto (Isabella, Salvatore) - Sulle rive di Chiaia
Aria (Duca) – Di sposo, di padre
Duetto (Salvatore, Masaniello) – All’armi! Iddio lo vuol!
Quartetto finale (Isabella, Gennariello, Salvatore, Duca) – Padre! in quella chiesa
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Quinta da Regaleira, garden detail
Photo: Luis Duarte