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Dido Reloaded / Go, Aeneas, Go! (Òpera Líquida De Cambra) © Helena Moliné dido reloaded / go, aeneas, go! (òpera líquida de cambra) Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació temporada 2014/2015 www.teatrelliure.cat 1 Montjuïc Espai Lliure - del 26 al 30 de novembre Dido reloaded / Go, Aeneas, Go! (òpera líquida de cambra) Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació intèrprets Anna Alàs i Jové mezzo, Belinda i Europa / María Hinojosa soprano, Dido / Joan Ribalta tenor, Aeneas / clarinet Víctor de la Rosa / violoncel Cèlia Torres composició Xavier Bonfill, Raquel García-Tomás, Joan Magrané i Octavi Rumbau / dramatúrgia Cristina Cordero / direcció escènica Jordi Pérez Solé (La Mama Produccions) / direcció musical Francesc Prat escenografia Jorge Salcedo, Jordi Pérez Solé i Ulrike Reinhard / vestuari Isabel Velasco i Christina Kämper / caracterització Isabel Velasco i Anne-Claire Meyer / il·luminació Sylvia Kuchinow / vídeo Raquel García-Tomàs / moviment Anna Romaní i Èlia López / assessor dramatúrgic Marc Rosich ajudant d’escenografia Joana Martí / comunicació Neus Purtí / producció executiva Cristina Cordero / director de producció Dietrich Grosse coproducció Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació, Teatre Lliure, Neuköllner Oper i Berliner Opernpreis – GASAG amb el suport del Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya i l’Ajuntament de Barcelona agraïments Consolat d’Alemanya a Barcelona, Louise Higham, Helena Moliné i Paquita Crespo Go, Aeneas, Go! va ser guardonat amb el Berliner Opernpreis 14 von Neuköllner Oper und GASAG“, un premi berlinès dedicat a la nova creació operística i que dóna suport a creadors emergents perquè puguin produir una òpera a la Neuköllner Oper. espectacle multilingüe sobretitulat en català durada 1h. primera part / 15' pausa / 30' segona part / 10' epíleg seguiu #DidoAeneas al twitter horaris: de dimecres a divendres a les 21h. / el dissabte a les 18h. i a les 21:30h. / el diumenge a les 18:30h. preus: 29€ / 22€ dimecres i dissabte a la tarda, dies de l’espectador / 24,50€ amb descompte / 26€ compra avançada / 15€ tarifa última fila temporada 2014/2015 www.teatrelliure.cat 2 el projecte Dido Reloaded / Go, Aeneas, Go! és un projecte sorgit del laboratori d’escriptura d’òpera que Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació (OBNC) ha proposat a un grup de joves creadors catalans, format per quatre compositors (Raquel García-Tomás, Xavier Bonfill, Octavi Rumbau i Joan Magrané), una llibretista (Cristina Cordero) i un director d’escena (Jordi Pérez Solé). La composició resultant (per a tres veus, electrònica, clarinet i violoncel) és una relectura en clau contemporània del mite de Dido i Enees, que té com a inspiració l’òpera homònima de Henry Purcell, però que pretén ser una metàfora de la crisi europea actual. La representació s’estructura en dues parts. A la primera, Dido Reloaded, es mostren els dilemes de la protagonista femenina, líder d’un país europeu que viu en pròpia pell l’etern conflicte entre el desig i el deure de tot governant. A la segona part, Go, Aeneas, Go! se segueix el periple de l’heroi masculí, un funcionari que lluita utòpicament per la idea d’Europa dins un ambient marcat per l’euroescepticisme. No és casual que el debat al voltant d’una Europa utòpica ressoni en la peça, sobretot si es té en compte que els quatre compositors catalans que la signen l’han escrita des de la seva residència a diferents ciutats del continent: París, Londres, Stuttgart... Dido Reloaded, la primera part, es va estrenar de manera independent l’octubre de 2013 a la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Barcelona i a la sala Berlanga de Madrid. A partir d’aquesta primera experiència, el mateix equip va voler seguir el camí d’investigació iniciat amb l’escriptura d’una continuació del projecte sota el títol Go, Aeneas, Go!. Aquesta segona part ha estat guardonada amb el primer premi del Berliner Opernpreis 14 organitzat per la Neuköllner Oper i GASAG. Gràcies a aquest guardó, Go, Aeneas, Go! es va estrenar també de forma independent el 14 de maig de 2014 a la Russisches Haus für Wissenschaft und Kultur de Berlín, després d’una estada creativa de tot l’equip a la ciutat alemany, i posteriorment ha fet una breu temporada a la mateixa Neuköllner Oper, del 23 al 25 de maig. Aquesta és la primera vegada que es poden veure les dues parts juntes i en forma de díptic. Aprofitant l’ocasió, estrenem també un epíleg nou compost especialment i que tanca el viatge dels dos protagonistes a l’avern. temporada 2014/2015 www.teatrelliure.cat 3 revisant Dido & Aeneas, _reloaded Com a impuls inspirador inicial, l’equip de compositors, dramaturga i director d’escena va agafar com a referent l’òpera de Henry Purcell Dido & Aeneas, una de les peces clau del repertori líric barroc i considerada la primera òpera nacional anglesa. Així, el nou llibret s’ha bastit partint de l’argument de l’òpera original, basat en el llibre de l’Eneida de Virgili que relata l’amor frustrat entre la llegendària reina de Cartago, Dido, i el seu amant, el refugiat troià Enees. De la mateixa manera que els textos de l’original barroc ressonen en el llibret de la peça, la música també fa cites constants al material de partida. primera part: Dido Reloaded A l’òpera original, la reina Dido dubta davant els oferiments amorosos d’Enees, però quan finalment ella decideix entregar-se-li, les bruixes, envejoses, confabulen contra el seu amor allunyant Enees d’ella a través d’enganys. La trobada de Dido i Enees suposa l'encreuament de camins entre dues cultures, i el seu conflicte d'amor sorgeix dels quefers polítics que van més enllà dels seus propis anhels personals. Enees és empès per les bruixes a partir amb l’objectiu de fundar l’Imperi Romà, tot renunciant a l'amor de Dido. Quan Enees torna, després d’adonar-se del seu error, ja és massa tard i Dido el rebutja per després suïcidar-se. L’equip creatiu s’ha proposat escriure una nova peça de forma contemporània però que, tenint com a nucli el viatge passional de Dido, seguís bevent dels temes clàssics que amaga la peça, com ara l'amor impossible dels pobles, dels idiomes, de les cultures. Així sota el concepte “reloaded”, en aquesta nova versió, la reina de Cartago s’ha convertit en la governant d'un país en ruïnes, però resistent a les imposicions de menys sobirania i menys identitat. El propòsit d'aquesta reescriptura és llançar una mirada als delicats llaços sentimentals i als vincles culturals entre les diferents cultures que conviuen actualment a Europa. En aquesta primera part, trobem a una Dido temorosa de lliurar el seu amor a Enees per si això interfereix amb els seus deures com a dirigent. Dido (soprano) té Belinda (mezzo) per única confident dels seus dubtes, mentre que el so constant del clarinet simbolitza un Enees, gairebé sempre absent d’escena. temporada 2014/2015 www.teatrelliure.cat 4 segona part: Go, Aeneas, Go! Per a la composició de la segona part, Go, Aeneas, Go!, s’ha pres com a punt de partida el periple que, segons Virgili, l’heroi troià va emprendre després de deixar Dido. A l’original, Enees partia de Cartago amb l’objectiu de fundar el gran Imperi Romà. El nostre equip artístic ha rellegit l’original tot imaginant el periple d’un Enees modern, el d’un funcionari que vol lluitar per la idea d’una Europa unida. Així, veiem com emprèn un viatge pels països de la Unió tot lluitant contra l’escepticisme que aquestes idees generen fins i tot en els països aparentment més adeptes. Si a la primera part Enees era representat simbòlicament pel so del clarinet, en aquesta segona part l’heroi se’ns fa de carn i ossos en la veu d’un tenor. Tots els personatges amb qui Enees s’entrevista a les diverses parades del seu periple estan interpretats per la mateixa mezzo. L’electrònica i el videoart també agafen més protagonisme en aquesta segona part, i es converteixen en el veritable decorat mòbil de l’odissea d’Enees a través d’Europa. temporada 2014/2015 www.teatrelliure.cat 5 creació en clau europea Aquest projecte vol anar més enllà de la creació d'una òpera, per esdevenir un espai de creació, d’experimentació, de diàleg, d’innovació i d’enriquiment personal i artístic. Això significa prendre el pols a l’òpera més contemporània però també a l’actual crisi europea, amb un equip artístic emergent i compromès amb la seva realitat social i política. En aquest projecte, música i posada en escena es retroalimenten per proposar noves mirades, tant artístiques com temàtiques, al teatre musical i a l'òpera contemporània. Els déus mitològics ens queden ben lluny, però... no són els diners, els mercats, les expectatives de creixement o la prima de risc, el que ens fa vulnerables? Vulnerables com ho eren els humans d'aquests relats davant dels seus déus irats o juganers. I no només ho som nosaltres, ho són els països en ple. Els seus governs i els seus governants. Titelles d'aquest ordre superior instaurat pel bé comú, que ara ofega. Europa i les grans decisions, Europa i els motius macroeconòmics, Europa i el dictat de l'economia. Despotisme il·lustrat en versió ultratecnològica que no deixa ni un centímetre sense vigilància. Poders fàctics que dominen les nostres vides fins al punt de fer-nos prendre decisions que contradiuen els nostres instints i la nostra naturalesa, tan sibil·linament que ho fem sense adonar-nos-en. Ho fem perquè estem convençuts que és millor fer-ho així. Les possibilitats de l'electrònica ens han obert un mar d'opcions per representar aquest poder a l'ombra, omnipresent i alhora immaterial.
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