Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre

Musical Category Opera

Instrumentation (general) soprano, baritone and instrumental ensemble

Instrumentation (detailed)

Winds and Brass	Flute, Saxophone
Strings (plucked / bowed)	Viola, Cello

Date 2024/Jan/27

Performer(s)

Organization/Event Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea

Venue Palácio do Sobralinho

Town Vila Franca de Xira

Country Portugal

Vislumbres da cidade aims to be an exploration of a city, showing both the beauty and the unpleasantness of it. It starts with a bird’s view of a city, zooming in more and more into details, finally settling on the interaction of two strangers, one of them believing to be able to see the universe in the other’s eyes when in fact, only falling more and more for an illusion he created, causing fear in the other. The situation remains unsolved, we return to a macro-view of the city.

Iris Bramberger

Date 2023

Commissioning Body Inestética

Web Page https://inestetica.com/

Town Sobralinho

Country Portugal

Work

Type

Date

Organization/Event

Venue

Town

Country

Performers

Notes

Vislumbres da cidade

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

Vislumbres da cidade

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

Vislumbres da cidade

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

Paulo Ferreira-Lopes

Works