The Oviedo Opera returns this next week to the Campoamor Theater with performances from Friday, October 8, until the 16th. the passage of Nabucco by the 74th edition of Opera Oviedo comes another of the great classics with one of the most enigmatic works of Mozart’s repertoire: The Magic Flute Or what is the same; The magic Flute. Maestro Lucas Macías makes his debut this season at the head of the Oviedo Filarmonía and Albert Estany will be in charge of the stage direction in this new production of the Oviedo Opera. Asturias the baritone spoke about her in A Vivir, which are two days. Manel Esteve who will play Papageno.
The artist son of the also baritone Vicenc Esteve has a long experience both in opera and in zarzuela, symphonic or operetta.
Without wanting to reveal details about the scenography in which they are already rehearsing at the Campoamor Theater, he assures that it is a “journey of the theater within the theater.” Of Mozart’s work he says that “it is a very beautiful story with a great heroine, even more so than the protagonist “points to continue saying that” there are a series of ingredients that make everyone identify with one of the characters at some point “, his secret, he insists “is the appeal to the imagination of the text, as it takes place in an imaginary Egypt “
WA Mozart’s opera praises values such as discretion, friendship and prudence, perfectly combining buffoonish, serious and popular elements. The characters in this fairy tale libretto are two young couples who embark on an initiatory journey full of difficulties. At the end of this adventure, light will triumph over darkness and evil, imposing justice and wisdom. For many scholars this work hides a freemason, enlightenment, exoteric or hidden political message. There is no doubt that Mozart’s last opera is one of the great works in the history of music.
Opera is no longer for an elite
Esteve assures that opera no longer belongs to an elitist world and gives the concrete example of this Mozart libretto that was conceived precisely with the intention of breaking that barrier, “What I wanted is to reach all audiences and eliminate the elites, it is a label that has been falling,” he insists, although he points to the opera “which is not a cheap show to produce due to the large number of artists and technicians required to stand it up. ” The baritone applauds measures such as that of Ópera de Oviedo to attract young audiences by making their entry cheaper “those who do not want to go to the opera do not go because they do not feel like it or it does not arrive, but I think that right now it is within everyone’s reach” he concludes .
The cast also includes María Rey-Joly (Queen of the Night), Airam Hernández (Tamino) and Jaquelina Livieri (Pamina).
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