Performances 2011

The opera “The Little Girl Water Droplet" is based on an original text by Papiniano Carlos. According to the programme notes, it “speaks of the water cycle indispensable for human life on Earth telling the story of a water droplet... >> read more

“Onze Cartas” by António Pinho Vargas for symphonic orchestra, three narrators (pre-recorded) and electronics, after having been premiered at the Casa da Música in Porto, was performed in Lisbon at the São Carlos National Theatre (TNSC)... >> read more

On September 24 Virgílio Melo was in the limelight at the Vilarinha Theatre in Porto. In the programme, works covering a 22-year period of his musical creation... >> read more

It is possible to give several different answers to the question: What the opera, “A Rainha Louca”, is about? Declaratively, it is about Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), the first queen of the country, which became republic in 1910. Still, the opera is about more issues, and further on I will briefly discuss some of them... >> read more

Contemporary music, obviously, does not have big audiences – not many voters I would say – and that is why it is important to have access to new music, which is created here and throughout the world. There is a lot of extremely varied new music, which in our small Lisbon environment would not be presented if not for such few projects as the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, among others... >> read more

The new opera by Nuno Côrte-Real, with libretto by Vasco Graça-Moura, has all the ingredients of confusion... >> read more

On January 29 2011, Liviu Scripcaru, a Romanian violinist, who currently lives and works in Portugal gave a concert of Portuguese contemporary works for violin solo. The performance constituted a part of the Orquestra Metropolitana 2010 / 2011 concert season entitled “A música por dentro” (“Music from the Inside”)... >> read more