'Les Arts Volant' will travel with a new operatic muntatge, 'La Ventafocs', for all Valencian geography
26.04.2023
- The tour, which begins on June 23 in Petrés, includes 11 performances in the province of Valencia, sponsored by the Provincial Council.
- The Generalitat's Department of Culture is giving the project a regional dimension with 6 performances in municipalities of Alicante and Castellón, including the cultural capitals.
- Joan Font directs this new production, which adapts the opera ' La Ventafocs ' into Valencian and stars the artists of the Centre de Perfeccionament
Valencia (26.04.23). ' Les Arts Volant ' premieres this year a new production, 'La Ventafocs', the Valencian adaptation of ' Cendrillon ', by Pauline Viardot, which will travel through different towns in the Valencian region, thanks to the collaboration of the Generalitat's Department of Culture, the Department of Culture of the Provincial Council of Valencia and the Department of Heritage and Cultural Resources of the Valencia City Council.
This morning saw the presentation of this new production, with the presence of the regional secretary of Culture, Ximo López Camps; the deputy for Culture of the Provincial Council of Valencia, Xavier Rius; the councilor for Culture of the City Council of Valencia, Glòria Tello; the artistic director of Les Arts, Jesús Iglesias Noriega, and the stage director of 'La Ventafocs', Joan Font.
'Les Arts Volant' is a project that brings opera to the Valencian region, reflecting Les Arts' commitment to opening its doors to the public by traveling throughout the country. The new season of 'Les Arts Volant' includes stops in 17 towns, as well as several neighborhoods in the city of Valencia.
The artistic director of Les Arts, Iglesias Noriega, has highlighted that “this year the main protagonist is one of the most fascinating and yet unknown figures in European culture: Pauline Viardot, with her latest work, 'Centrillon': a small gem of lyricism, for which we have the unquestionable genius of Joan Font.”
Les Arts Volant
Awarded at the recent Opera XXI Awards as the best initiative for promoting and disseminating opera, the 'Les Arts Volant' stage truck is specially designed to promote and perform opera in places with little musical activity or where it would be difficult to carry out a performance due to a lack of the necessary technical means or facilities.
The singers and pianists from the Centre de Perfeccionament de Les Arts make up the cast of the work, which is offered with the same standards of artistic and technical quality as a performance at Les Arts.
The Ventafocs
'Les Arts Volant' reaches its seventh edition in 2023, which begins with a new production, 'La Ventafocs', the Valencian adaptation of 'Cendrillon', by Pauline Viardot.
Joan Font, director and founder of Comediants, adapts his recent production of the original opera for 'Les Arts Volant'. The original production premiered last February at the Teatre Martín i Soler. The Catalan stage director, a true expert in street theater, has captivated audiences with his modern and hilarious take on 'Cinderella' and now introduces new elements and stagecraft to further engage the audience in their first operatic experience.
The tour
'Les Arts Volant 2023' begins this new journey on June 23 in Petrés. The tour includes 11 performances in the province of Valencia by the Provincial Council: Petrés, L'Eliana, Tuéjar, La Font d'en Carròs, Riola, Ademuz, Fontanars dels Alforins, Benifaió, Emperador, Ador and L'Alcúdia de Crespins.
The Generalitat's Culture department gives the project an autonomous dimension with actions in towns in the regions of Castellón and Alicante, which include the Valencian cultural capitals 2023, Guardamar de Segura and Geldo; as well as Banyeres de Mariola, Borriana, Vistabella and Monforte del Cid.
The Les Arts opera truck also includes stops in the city of Valencia, with six performances in different neighborhoods organized by the Valencia City Council, which will be scheduled for after the summer.
