Opera

Tenorio

World premiere in staged version

Tomás Marco

13 May, 24 - 19 May, 24

Musical conductor: Santiago Serrate | Stage direction: Agrupación Señor Serrano | Orchestra of the Teatro Real | Chorus formed by singers from the Teatro Real's Crescendo program

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After its premiere in concert version at Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial in 2017, the score Tenorio by Tomás Marco will have its full stage premiere at the Teatro Real. Based on José Zorrila's Don Juan Tenorio and with additions by Tirso de Molina, Molière, Lord Byron, Lorenzo da Ponte, Goldoni, Zamora, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and others. 


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From the first pages of the score of Tenorio, the verses written by Lorenzo Da Ponte for Mozart’s Don Giovanni are recognisable. Even though it is based principally on Zorrilla, the libretto of this chamber opera brings together texts by de Tirso de Molina, Molière, Da Ponte, Lord Byron, sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Quevedo, in a new reading of the classical writings which follow in the wake of works such as Segismundo (2003) or El caballero de la triste figura (2004), among others.

Composed between 2008 and 2009 at the request of the Estío Musical Burgalés of 2010 – where the premiere was not possible–, this opera was first seen in a concert version in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in 2017.  The work, dedicated to Alfredo García, presents, and actualizes the myth through its protagonist and the figures of doña Inés, doña Ana and Lucía, where the singing attempts to find a new vocalism, yet remains committed to the intelligibility of the libretto. A small chorus or madrigal quartet assume various random characters who comment on the action, who, along with a chamber ensemble, make up the vocal- instrumental continuo that sustains the work.


Chamber opera

Music and libretto by Tomás Marco (1942), based on José Zorrilla's Don Juan Tenorio, with additions by Tirso de Molina, Molière, Lorenzo da Ponte, Lord Byron, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Francisco de Quevedo

Premiere in concert version in San Lorenzo de El Escorial Theatre-Auditorium Summer Festival 2017

World premiere  in staged version

New production of the Teatro Real


Artistic team

Musical direction: Santiago Serrate

Stage direction: Àlex Serrano, Pau Palacios (Señor Serrano Group)

Set design and lighting: Cube.bz

Art direction: Jacobo Cayetano (Zuloark)

Costume design: Atena Pou Clavell, Joan Ros Garrofé

Dramaturgical advisory: Clara Serra

Video: Xavier Gibert

Choir direction: José Luis Basso

Assistant stage direction: Anna Llopart /Cristina Cubells

Camera operators: Bibiana Gispert, Marc Costa


Cast

Tenorio: Joan Martín-Royo

Don Luis: Juan Franciso Gatell

Doña Inés: Adriana Gónzalez

La Narración: Juan Antonio Sanabria

Doña Ana: Lucía Caihuela

Lucía: Sandra Ferrández

Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Chorus formed by singers from the Teatro Real's Crescendo program


The premiere in concert version, as well as its recording, were made possible thanks to Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from the BBVA Foundation awarded to the maestro Santiago Serrate.

   

Synopsis of Tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio has cast his shadow over several centuries of history, from his early literary appearances in the 17th century to the present day: his character has come to attain mythical status. And myths, as we all know, are ideal tools when it comes to discussing the present. What kind of Don Juan could we expect to encounter today? Would his myth still be one of love? From what perspective would the relationship between Don Juan and Doña Inés be narrated? Would a present-day Doña Inés react in the same way to Don Juan? What would happen if we were to place Don Juan in the midst of a film shoot taking place in 2024?

The approach taken by the Señor Serrano Group is to place the action of the piece on the set where a version of the “Tenorio” is being filmed. The setting includes not only the sets and locations, but also, and especially, the backstage: dressing rooms, catering area, make-up corner, wardrobe area. Thus, the soloists and the chorus are part of the artistic and technical team of this shoot, where gradually what belongs to the set, and therefore to fiction, contaminates the different backstage spaces, and therefore reality. Are Don Juan and Doña Inés characters that belong only to fiction (and myth), or can we also imagine them existing in the realm of reality? What level of fiction/reality does each one inhabit? What happens when the realm of fiction and the realm of reality intersect?

La sombra de Don Juan Tenorio cubre varios siglos de historia, desde sus primeras apariciones literarias en el siglo XVII hasta nuestros días, y su figura ha alcanzado el estatuto de mito. Y los mitos, como todos sabemos, son herramientas ideales para hablar del tiempo presente. Por tanto, ¿qué Don Juan podemos esperarnos hoy en día? ¿Sigue siendo un mito del amor? ¿Desde qué punto de vista está narrada la relación entre Don Juan y Doña Inés? ¿Hoy en día, Doña Inés reaccionaría de la misma manera ante Don Juan? ¿Qué pasaría si plantásemos a Don Juan en medio de un rodaje cinematográfico llevado a cabo en 2024?

La propuesta de la Agrupación Señor Serrano sitúa la acción de la pieza en el rodaje de una película donde justamente se está grabando una versión del Tenorio. No solo en sus decorados y localizaciones, sino también y sobre todo en el backstage: los camerinos, la zona de catering, el rincón de maquillaje o la sala de vestuario. Así pues, los solistas y el coro forman parte del equipo artístico y técnico de este rodaje donde poco a poco aquello que pertenece al plató, y por tanto a la ficción, va contaminando los diferentes espacios del backstage, es decir de la realidad. ¿Son Don Juan y Doña Inés personajes que solo pertenecen a la ficción (y al mito) o también podemos imaginarlos en el plano de la realidad? ¿En qué grado de ficción / realidad vive cada uno? ¿Qué sucede cuando el plano de la ficción y el de la realidad se encuentran?

Performances

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13 May 2024

19:30

Main Auditorium

Joan Martín Royo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Adriana González, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Lucía Caihuela, Sandra Ferrández
Subscription tickets E

15 May 2024

19:30

Main Auditorium

Joan Martín Royo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Adriana González, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Lucía Caihuela, Sandra Ferrández
Subscription tickets C

17 May 2024

19:30

Main Auditorium

Joan Martín Royo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Adriana González, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Lucía Caihuela, Sandra Ferrández
Subscription tickets A

19 May 2024

18:00

Main Auditorium

Joan Martín Royo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Adriana González, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Lucía Caihuela, Sandra Ferrández
Subscription tickets Y

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