Opera in the Veins

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Opera in the Veins

A story of water, earth and blood

Details

Celebrating 60 years of stewardship of the Canals d’Urgell by the Comunitat General de Regants.

Opera in the Veins is a musical journey along the waterways of western Catalonia, bringing to the stage—for the very first time—one of the greatest stories in the history of Catalonia and Europe: the Canals d’Urgell. A landmark engineering achievement of the 19th century, it transformed a barren landscape into life itself through water.

This stage and musical production is based on an adaptation of the book Aigua a les venes. Crònica d’un miracle català universal, created by its author, Francesc Canosa, with a script by Berta Lacruz.

The production features a multidisciplinary approach, blending music, dance, theatre, and audiovisual elements.

Performers

Orfeó Lleidatà
Orfeó Atlàntida i la Coral Xalesta
Pol Pastor, artistic direction (Orfeó Lleidatà conductor)
Orquestra Simfònica Julià Carbonell de les Terres de Lleida
Xavier Pagès-Corella, conductor
Marta Infante, mezzosoprano
Santi Serratosa i Jana García, percussion and dance
Begonya Ferrer, actress
Dani Coma, stage direction
Francesc Canosa Farran, original idea of the adaptation
Berta Lacruz, scriptwriter
Kionalia, audiovisual production
Pelai Molins, technical direction

Program

A. Borodin: In the steppes of Central Asia
G. Verdi: Gypsy choir from Il trovatore
G. Verdi: “Stride la vampa” from Il trovatore
G. Verdi: “Gloria all’Egitto” from Aida
G. Verdi: “Va pensiero” from Nabucco
C. Saint-Saëns: “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila
G. Puccini: Closed-mouth chorus from Madame Butterfly
R. Martínez Valls: “Evocació al Pirineu” from Cançó d’amor i de guerra
G. Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen
Ll. Millet: Goigs a la Verge del Remei (arrangement by Bernat Giribet)