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The Passion

Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir/Romeo Castellucci

music
16 april to 17 april 2019
tue: 20h; wed: 20h
Centro Cultural de Belém
The Passion

When staging The Passion according to St. Matthew,by Bach, Romeu Castellucci refuses any attempt to illustrate, seeking rather a new meaning for the revelation. A number of situations allows, ultimately, to find an option when confronted with the words of the Bible and the deep essence of Bach’s composition. A series of elements appear, one after another, as pure objects of contemplation, without any technical device.

They are presented to us as “stones”, capable of condensing an attitude of deep listening. Each one can decide to surrender himself to listening, not to look directly, to let himself get lost, or perhaps to incline even more to feel human suffering.

Romeo Castellucci design, set design, costumes
Silvia Costa artistic collaboration
Piersandra di Matteo dramaturgy
Maroussia Vaes set design collaboration
Maxi Menja Lehmann research and props
Plastikart Studio (Istvan Zimmermann and Giovanna Amoroso) performing props

Gulbenkian Choir
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Corboz 
conductorAna Quintans 
sopranoMarianne Beate Kielland 
mezzo-sopranoMarco Alves dos Santos 
tenor ÁriasBenedikt Kristjánsson 
tenor EvangelistaAndré Baleiro 
bass CristoEdwin Crossley-Mercer  bass-baritone Pilatos

Matthias Spaeter lute
Marcelo Giannini organ

 CNB wardrobe support

Program
J. S. Bach 
Passion according to St. Matthew, BWV 244


7,5 a 38 €

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