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FULL REQUIEM (Fauré) Sao Paulo 2025 Aymée Wentz, Fellipe Oliveira
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Requiem
- Composer: Fauré Gabriel
- Libretto: traditional
- Venue & Opera Company: Theatro Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Recorded: September 20, 2025
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Aymée Wentz, Fellipe Oliveira
- Conductor: Neil Thomson
- Orchestra: Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro
- Chorus: Coral Paulistano, Coro Madrigal da Escola Municipal de Música de São Paulo
- Chorus Master: Maíra Ferreira
- Choreographer: Roberto Alencar
- Stage Director: Aline Santini
- Stage Designer: Roberto Alencar
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Roberto Alencar
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Theatro São Pedro
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The program
In the first part of the evening, the audience will be led into the contemplative universe of Silentium , by Arvo Pärt (1935–), composed in 1977 and marked by silence as a central element of the musical experience. The piece gains scenic power with the presence of performer Roberto Alencar , who evokes contemporary solitude in dialogue with the Estonian composer’s minimalist music.
Next, we will perform Gabriel Fauré ‘s (1845–1924) Requiem, Op. 48 , written between 1887 and 1890. Unlike other requiems in the more dramatic tradition, Fauré’s work is marked by serenity and a consoling character. The composer himself stated that he saw death as “a happy liberation, an aspiration to happiness beyond pain.”
The scenic conception
According to Aline Santini , stage direction “is guided by a visual eloquence strongly based on the use of lighting, with minimalism in material resources and set design elements, but in constant interaction.” For her, light takes on a dramatic character and expands the visual experience beyond the stage.
“The first part, with Pärt’s mathematical and cyclical music, features the performer’s appearance, evoking contemporary solitude. Fauré’s Requiem opens in contrast, with orchestra and choir conducive to a sense of lightness and elevation,” explains Santini. “The performance seeks the sublime , in the sense of the extraordinary and grandiose, which can be beautiful and, at the same time, unsettling.”