FULL MY LIFE WITH NERUDA (Raymond Luedeke) New York 2018 Daniela Benitez, Michael Maricondi, Margaret O’Connell

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: My Life with Pablo Neruda  
• Composer: Luedeke Raymond   
• Libretto: Pablo Neruda with additional text by Ray Luedeke  
• Venue & Opera Company: The National Opera Center, and and at Symphony Space, New York City  
• Recorded: March 10 & 11, 2018
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Daniela Benitez, Michael Maricondi, Margaret O'Connell, John Des Marais
• Conductor: Ray Luedeke  
• Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Ray Luedeke  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 3 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  My Life with Pablo Neruda – a pocket opera-cabaret in four acts written for 2 singers, 2 actors, and 4 on-stage musicians is a tempestuous love story, an intensely political story, the story of the remarkable spiritual journey of a woman, Matilde Urrutia, third wife of Matilde and Pablo the poet Pablo Neruda. Matilde, interested only in her home and garden. Matilde, champion of the “disappeared ones” under the reign of the murderous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Matilde, subject of some of the greatest love poems ever written.

  Based entirely on the poetry of Pablo Neruda and on material from the memoirs of Matilde Urrutia, My Life with Pablo Neruda tells one of the great love stories of the past century.

  The original music by Ray Luedeke is performed by a quasi “tango band” (violin, clarinet, synthesizer and cello). In Neruda’s youth the popular music of all Neruda seated
  South America was tango. The music occasionally refers to this genre. A striking number in the show is “The Widowers Tango”. The Cueca, Chile’s national dance, is also included in the show, as well as Cuban rumba, and Brazilian samba.

   

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