Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Soloists	Soprano, Baritone
Winds and Brass	Flute, Tenor Saxophone
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Viola, Cello
Electronic / Electroacoustic	Electroacoustics

Performer(s)

Almeida Garrett's poem 'Gozo e Dor' (Fallen Leaves, 1853) is transformed into a narrative about an archetype of the human condition: Deligere or Choice. The person who feels pain from loving and being loved so much always has a choice to make: to stop or to continue. A love so intense, so strong, that it transcends Kant's reason. Two lovers whose passion is so excessive that it conditions Sartre's free will. Consorts on a penitent's journey, shackled by their choices. Deligere is a mini-opera about decision theory and the delirium of passion inspired by the aesthetics of Adam’s Passion by Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson.

David Miguel

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Deligere	Premiere	2024/Jan/27	Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea	Palácio do Sobralinho	Vila Franca de Xira	Portugal	Rui Baeta (baritone) Patrícia Modesto (soprano) Adriana Almeida (flute) Philippe Trovão (saxophone) Magda Pinto (viola) Joana Correia (cello) Carlos Marecos and Alexandre Lyra Leite (artistic direction)	Notes
Deligere	Performance	2024/Jan/28	Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea	Palácio do Sobralinho	Vila Franca de Xira	Portugal	Rui Baeta (baritone) Patrícia Modesto (soprano) Adriana Almeida (flute) Philippe Trovão (saxophone) Magda Pinto (viola) Joana Correia (cello) Carlos Marecos and Alexandre Lyra Leite (artistic direction)	Notes
Deligere	Performance	2024/Feb/04	Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea	Espaço QC	Porto	Portugal	Rui Baeta (baritone) Patrícia Modesto (soprano) Adriana Almeida (flute) Philippe Trovão (saxophone) Magda Pinto (viola) Joana Correia (cello) Carlos Marecos and Alexandre Lyra Leite (artistic direction)	Notes