A LAUGH TO CRY • CIRCULAÇÃO NACIONAL

ÓPERA  A LAUGH TO CRY

Miguel Azguime libreto, música

Paula Azguime encenação

Pedro Neves direcção

Camila Mandillo soprano

Andrea Conangla soprano

André Henriques baixo barítono

Miguel Azguime recitante

Jade Mandillo recitante

Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble

Sílvia Cancela flauta

Nuno Pinto clarinete

Vítor Vieira violino

Jorge Alves viola

Luís André Ferreira violoncelo

Francisco Cabrita piano

João DIas percussão

Andre Bartetzki live electronics, direcção tecnológica

Perseu Mandillo VFX & 3D, fotografia

Margarida Moreira luz

Miso Studio técnica

A Laugh to Cry is a metaphysical theatre embodying eternal archetypes with music and multilingual libretto by Miguel Azguime.  Reflecting on the devastation of the Earth, on the barbarism of war, on the destruction of Nature, on the hegemonic power of the “market” and the consequent annihilation of cultures, on the loss of civilisational memory, he speculates and confronts us with the possible collapse of humanity but also with its eventual rebirth.

* A Miso Ensemble /Miso Music Portugal project. *

“A Laugh to Cry” pursues Miguel Azguime’s goal, as a composer, poet and performer, to grasp an ideal balance between language and music, to merge the language’s semantic and metaphorical components with its sonic values, in order to achieve his concept of “speech as music and music as speech”. “A Laugh to Cry” extends Miguel Azguime’s research on voice analysis, re-synthesis and processing, aiming at creating a dynamic continuum between timbre, harmony, rhythm and voice spectra.