The Plácido Domingo Centre for Advanced Studies sells out tickets for What are clouds
24.01.2015
· Davide Livermore presents on January 27th a montage inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's short film Che cosa sono le nuvole to celebrate Mozart's birthday
· Juan Luis Martínez from Valencia takes over the musical direction of this concert-show featuring excerpts from the most popular operas by the genius from Salzburg
The arts center reminds everyone that only 5% of the hall's capacity, which the law reserves for the day of the performance, remains available for sale.
Valencia. The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía reports that tickets for the concert-show What are clouds , with which the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo celebrates the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart next Tuesday, January 27, have sold out.
Davide Livermore, the artistic director of the project and who has been proposed as the future artistic director of the Palau de les Arts, is finalizing rehearsals this week for his first job in Valencia in 2015.
The Turin-born director begins the operatic season after receiving his first Campoamor Lyric Theater Award, considered the Goya Award of opera, for Verdi's La forza del destino . His recent successes at the Palau de les Arts also include Puccini's La Bohème and Verdi's Otello .
Among their latest achievements, the debut of the Centre de Perfeccionament artists in Austria, at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival with Scarlatti's Narciso , as well as the premiere last December in Turin of Romancero gitano with actress Rossy de Palma and the singers of the Centre.
In March of this year, Livermore is directing the first major production at the Palau de les Arts for this season, Bellini's Norma , with Gustavo Gimeno on the podium and the diva Mariella Devia in the leading role.
The staging of What Are Clouds? is inspired by the episode Che cosa sono le nuvole filmed by Pier Paolo Pasolini for the film Capriccio all'italiana (1967). The stage director, singer, teacher, and actor combines musical, cinematic, and theatrical elements to present a repertoire composed of fragments from Mozart's most celebrated operas, such as the Da Ponte Trilogy ( Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro ), as well as The Magic Flute .
Juan Luis Martínez, from Valencia, takes over as musical director. This is the second time the principal conductor of the Ciutat de Torrent Orchestra has led the Palau de les Arts ensemble and collaborated with the artists of the Centre de Perfeccionament, whom he conducted in 2012 in the successful production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas .
The Valencian arts center reminds everyone that only 5% of the hall's capacity remains available for sale, which the law reserves for sale on the day of the show.
Narciso closes the offer from the Centre de Perfeccionament
Domenico Scarlatti's Narcissus , the first international co-production of the Centre de Perfeccionament, will close the Palau de les Arts' program for this season. The production, which runs on May 22, 28, and 31, also includes an educational performance on May 25.
The production premiered last August at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival (Austria) with four singers from the Centre in the cast and the prestigious Fabio Biondi and the Europa Galante ensemble in the pit. Narcissus marks the Palau de les Arts' first collaboration with the prestigious Austrian festival, and features stage direction and set design by Davide Livermore, costumes by Mariana Fracasso, video design by D-WOK, and lighting by Antonio Castro.
Juan Luis Martínez will mark his second collaboration with the Centre de Perfeccionament and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana this season with this opera. Narciso enjoyed an excellent reception from both audiences and critics at its premiere.
