The Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (TMRJ) starts, on the 10th, the 2023 season with the series of concerts celebrations, which honors composers of international music, including Beethoven, Camille Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Berlioz, Verdi and Adolphe Charles Adam. “In our concert season, we will beholding all these musical geniuses,” said the theater’s artistic director, Eric Herrero.
According to him, Municipal will return with full force, in its artistic season until the end of the year, without interruptions, as it happened last year. “The expectation is to repeat the success registered in 2022. The public came back very strongly”, he said.
The concerts have free classification and provide the public with a free lecture one hour before each show, in the Assyrio Hall. Tickets have prices ranging from R$ 15 (side and central galleries), R$ 30 (upper balcony and upper balcony) and R$ 40 (audience and noble balcony) to R$ 60 (individual ticket for boxes and cabins) or R$360 (six seats). They can be purchased at site from the theater.
On the 10th and 11th of this month, the theater presents on its main stage the Symphony #9 in opus 125, by Ludwig Van Beethoven, with the participation of the Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the house (OSTM). On the 10th, the show will be at 7 pm and, on the following day, at 5 pm, with Michele Menezes (soprano), Andressa Inácio (contralto), Fernando Portari (tenor) and Savio Sperandio (bass) as soloists. The conductor will be responsible for OSTM, Felipe Prazeres.
On the 15th, at 12 pm, and the 16th, at 2 pm, two editions of the Didactic Concert for Schoolsas Animal Carnival, by Camile Saint-Saëns, with the theater’s Symphony Orchestra and pianists Katia Baloussier and Murilo Emereciano. “It was a big hit last year and many people asked to do it again,” Herrero said.
April
In April, the symphonic concert celebrates the 130th anniversary of Tchaikovsky’s death, within the series celebrationsas Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 35and the Piano Concerto, Opus 23, whose soloists will be Ricardo Amado, on violin, and Álvaro Siviero, on piano, conducted by Maestro Felipe Prazeres. On the 20th, there will be a preview at 12:00 (for schools) and, on the 22nd, at 5:00 pm.
Also in April, within the project Brazilian Music in Focusthere will be a preview on the 28th, at 12:00, for schools, of the opera in scenic concert piety, by João Guilherme Ripper, with soloists Johnny França, Gabriella Pace, Ricardo Gaio and, on guitar, Cyro Delvizio. Conductor will be maestro Silvio Viegas. On the 29th, the session will start at 5 pm. The opera deals with the tragedy involving the writer Euclides da Cunha.
Eric Herrero informed that, in May, Theatro Municipal will host the Symphonic Choral Concertwithin the series celebrationscommemorating the 210th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, with the Requiem mass. The soloists will be Marly Montoni, Denise de Freitas, Paulo Mandarino and Hernán Iturralde. According to the artistic director, the show “shows all the strength and splendor of the Theatro Municipal choir, now with its renewed energy, with the hiring made last year”. Tobias Volkmann will conduct. The concert is scheduled for the 12th, at 7 pm, and the 13th, at 5 pm.
Also in May, on the 26th, at 7 pm, and the 27th, at 5 pm, the Municipal do Rio will host the Symphonic Concert The Great Encounter, in which the theater’s Symphony Orchestra invites the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB) to celebrate Hector Berlioz (220 years of birth). In the program, the works The Corsair, opus 21 – Overture, The Damnation of Faust – Hungarian march, roman carnival – Opening. “The two orchestras will be together on stage and the two groups will be conducted by Maestro Felipe Prazeres”, said Herrero. The orchestras will also play for the public, in the same program, works by Richard Wagner (140 years of death): Lohengrin – Act Three Prelude, Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Death of Love and Tannhäuser – Opening. There will be a special participation by soprano Eliane Coelho.
Specials
The artistic director pointed out that, in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the TMRJ choir, to be completed in August, the equipment will present to the public two pieces that have not been performed by the artistic bodies of the house for a long time: the 9th Symphony, by Beethoven, and the Requiem by Verdi. The choir will be accompanied by OSTM.
Herrero added that in the first half of the year, two ballets and another important opera will be presented for the theater’s anniversary. The three artistic bodies of the house will be gathered: choir, orchestra and ballet, to celebrate the 114 years of the theater. “The event will take place on July 14, with a preview open to the public. The names of the shows have not yet been confirmed.
