A Compadecida (Siqueira) Recife 2022 Elias Marques, Diel Rodrigues, Lucas Melo

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: A Compadecida   
• Composer: Siqueira José   
• Libretto: based on the play “O Auto da Compadecida”, by Ariano Suassuna    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Teatro de Santa Isabel, Recife, Brazil  
• Recorded: August 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Elias Marques, Diel Rodrigues, Lucas Melo, Avner Pereira, Marcos Vinícius de Souza, Adônis Silva, Anderson Rodrigues, Anita Ramalho, Gleyce Melo, Daniel Germano, Lucas Barreto, Adriano Soares
• Conductor: Wendell Kettle  
• Orchestra: Sinfonieta UFPE  
• Chorus: Coro da Academia de Ópera e Repertório da UFPE  
• Stage Director: Marcondes Lima  
• Stage Designer: Marcondes Lima  
• Costume Designer: Marcondes Lima  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Karla Karolla  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  
• This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

A Compadecida was written by José Siqueira based on a text by Ariano Suassuna and the score underwent a restoration process, as stated by Kettle.

“A meticulous work was carried out to recover the score by a team of editors. The opera was performed only once in 1961 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, so we practically have a re-release of it. With the score recovered, we hope that opera houses throughout Brazil and even abroad, as well as other universities that have projects to promote opera, may be interested in staging the work”, says Kettle.