Bodas de sangre
Manuel Busto
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6 and 8 May, 8 p.m.
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Bodas de sangre
6 and 8 May, 8 p.m.
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  • Date: 6 and 8 May, 8 p.m.
  • Hall: Main Auditorium

Opera and Earthy Spirit

To transform a classical text into an opera is a challenge, and on occasions, the precursor to failure for any composer. To take on Bodas de sangre, Manuel Busto had to dig deep in this iconic play of Federico García Lorca, and at the same time, in the poetic universe which is recreated here. Experienced in very diverse artistic spheres, Busto has dared to push the genre closer to the substratum from which the original work emerged: popular Andalusian culture and what is perhaps its highest expression: flamenco.

A stage production by the Teatro de la Maestranza in collaboration with the Teatro Real of Madrid, Bodas de sangre inaugurates a new time and signals new directions in opera, incorporating flamenco song and dance into the large orchestra and opera voices. This is not an adornment in the least; these are genuine forms of expression which contribute a new dimension to the dramas of Lorca. Conductor Lucas Macías and Stage Director Bárbara Lluch lead this premiere which includes a cast headed by young singers and Maria Terremoto as the Mother. An experience of “Lírica jondura” awaits Sevilla.


OPERA IN TWO ACTS
LIBRETTO BY MANUEL BUSTO, BASED ON THE HOMONYMOUS WORK BY FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
PREMIERE ON 9 MARCH, 2027 AT THE TEATRO REAL
PREMIERE AT THE TEATRO DE LA MAESTRANZA

  • Musical director: Lucas Macías
  • Stage Director: Bárbara Lluch
  • Set and lighting design: Urs Schönebaum
  • Costume design: Clara Peluffo Valentini
  • Dramaturgy: Yvonne Gebauer
  • Choreography: Patricia Guerrero

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Coro Teatro de la Maestranza (director, Íñigo Sampil)

New production of the Teatro de la Maestranza in co-production with the Teatro Real de Madrid
Award-winning composition funded by the Fundación BBVA Leonardo Grants Network 2021

 

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  • Bride: Natalia Labourdette
  • Leonardo’s wife: Ana Ibarra
  • Maid: Marina Pardo
  • Groom’s mother: María Terremoto
  • Leonardo’s mother-in-law: Vicky Peña
  • Beggar / Death: Reyes Carrasco
  • Luna: Ana Morales
  • Groom: Santiago Sánchez
  • Leonardo: José Antonio López
  • Bride’s father: Luis Cansino
  • Woodman 1: José Valencia
  • Woodman 2: Jesús Méndez
  • Woodman 3: Agustín Diassera

About Lucas Macías

Music Director of the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla (ROSS) and the Oviedo Filarmonía, and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, combines his career as a conductor with an established career as an oboist with some of the principal European orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

About Bárbara Lluch

Since 2005, she has pursued a successful career as an opera director. Has worked for The Royal Opera House (London) or La Monnaie (Brussels) among other international theatres, and in Spain, at Teatro Real (Madrid) or Liceu (Barcelona), collaborating with eminent directors such as Robert Carsen, David McVicar or Laurent Pelly, among others.

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