Teatro Aberto

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Coordinates: 38°44′10″N 9°09′31″W / 38.73621°N 9.15848°W / 38.73621; -9.15848 Teatro Aberto is a theatre located in Lisbon, Portugal next to the Praça Espanha.

Together with the (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores), it organizes the annual .

Teatro Aberto

History[]

Teatro Aberto was founded by the Group 4 (João Lourenço, Irene Cruz, Francisco Pestana and Melim Teixeira[1]) in 1976 at the Praça de Espanha.[2]

Directorate[]

The current management of this theater is composed of:

The artistic direction of the area of theater is the responsibility of João Lourenço and the musical direction belongs to . His repertoire included classics of the universal theatre as well as pieces of contemporary theatre.

As of 2009, the Teatro Aberto has produced 76 plays, 5 operas and 22 concerts in 103 performances presented in about 4,700 sessions.

Among the authors and composers featured are: Dario Fo, Nikolai Erdman, Alexei Arbuzov, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Samuel Beckett, José Saramago, Georges Feydeau, Jim Cartwright, Paul Hindemith, William Shakespeare, Shelagh Delaney, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Benjamin Britten, Bruce Graham, Botho Strauss, David Mamet, Edvard Grieg, Eurico Carrapatoso, Eugene O'Neill, Jean Anouilh, , Frank Martin, Sam Shepard, Tankred Dorst, Howard Korder, Henrik Ibsen, Pedro Osório, Nick Grosso, Kevin Elyot, Michael Frayn, Alfred Schnittke, Carole Fréchette, Neil LaBute, Michael Healey, Tom Stoppard.

These shows were played by 322 actors, 84 singers and 142 musicians. The actors were, among others: , Irene Cruz, , Carmen Santos, , Jorge Gonçalves, , António Feio, Miguel Guilherme, , , Vítor Norte, , Eunice Muñoz, , , , , , , Sandra Faleiro, Nuno Melo, Diogo Infante, , Alexandra Lencastre, , Teresa Madruga, Ana Zanatti, Maria João Abreu, Rogério Samora, Ivo Canelas, , , , Raquel Dias, , Victor d’Andrade, , , Paulo Pires, , , Sofia Aparício, Catarina Furtado, , , , , , , , , Luís Alberto, , , , , , Jorge Corrula, , .

Among the singers are: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

References[]

  1. ^ "History of Teatro Aberto". www.teatroaberto.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-02. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  2. ^ "Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: 40 anos do Teatro Aberto". www.cm-lisboa.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-02. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)

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