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FULL PASIÓN ARGENTINA (Leonardo García Alarcón) Saint-Denis 2023 Sophie Junker, Andreas Wolf, Mariana Flores
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: PASIÓN ARGENTINA - d'après l'Évangile de Judas
- Composer: Leonardo García Alarcón
- Libretto: Livret de Marco Sabbatini
- Venue & Opera Company: Basilique Saint-Denis, France
- Recorded: June 2023
- Type: Concert Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Leonardo García Alarcón’s first major composition
Leonardo García Alarcón delivers his first large-scale composition, an oratorio inspired by the Gospel of Judas, a third-century papyrus discovered in Egypt in the 1970s. This Gospel, dismissed in the early days of the Church, redeems Judas’ character and portrays him as Jesus’ favourite apostle. He does not betray his friend out of self-interest, but to free Christ from his physical body.
Leonardo García Alarcón adopts this novel perspective in a genre that has spanned the history of music and creates a work that combines his inspirations, from Bach to the music of his native Argentina. He has teamed up with Marco Sabbatini, a playwright and lecturer at the University of Geneva, to adapt this Gospel and create a libretto that gives the female characters a central role.