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Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Contratempus Quartet,
António Durães (staging),
Tatiana Rocha (staging assistant), Jan Wierzba (conductor),
Teresa Nunes, soprano (Bunny, like a little bunny)
Missed the rehearsals (Benny, love of her life)
Miguel Leitão, tenor (Augur)
Carolina Leite Freitas, cello (Priestess)
Bernardo Pinhal, tenor-piano (Boris, pianist),
Crispim Luz, clarinet (Atchim, barman),
Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa (the rest of the drunks)
Venue Casa da Música
Town Porto
Country Portugal
Text / Lyrics
Author of the Text Edward Ayres de Abreu
Notes
(in collaboration with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence sources)
Program Notes
Imagine a kind of piano bar, but not exactly: a kind of rehearsal space for a symphonic band. Anyway, that doesn't really matter. The big issue is that Bunny, the main character, is in love with Benny, who is a secondary character. However, there's a problem between them, due to the vicissitudes of life. However, it says that the problem can only be resolved with the intervention of an Elder and a Priestess - and that's what we want to see...
Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Contratempus Quartet,
António Durães (staging),
Tatiana Rocha (staging assistant), Jan Wierzba (conductor),
Teresa Nunes, soprano (Bunny, like a little bunny)
Missed the rehearsals (Benny, love of her life)
Miguel Leitão, tenor (Augur)
Carolina Leite Freitas, cello (Priestess)
Bernardo Pinhal, tenor-piano (Boris, pianist),
Crispim Luz, clarinet (Atchim, barman),
Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa (the rest of the drunks)