Dudamel to dazzle
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Every year when the Ópera de Colombia draws back its
curtains with the start of an Opera Season, Bogotanos can consider themselves
fortunate to enjoy productions matched only by prestigious opera companies in
the world. Although our venues tend to be smaller than our European
counterparts, the acoustics of a Teatro Mayor Santo Domingo or Cafam Theatre are well
matched to opera and the dynamic range of singers. With the relentless drive of
the Opera de Colombia’s director Gloria Zea, the company has been able to exist
close to four decades, reaffirming a commitment to this country’s cultural
scene and offering choreographers and musicians the opportunity to showcase
their art. For three nights in July, the Opera de Colombia shifts creative
gears by handing over the baton to the charismatic Gustavo Dudamel of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic while he conducts the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of
Venezuela through Richard Wagner’s demanding work, Tannhauser. The performances
are scheduled for the 13, 16 and 18 of the month at the Teatro Municipal Jorge
Eliécer Gaitán. While Dudamel dazzles, the Opera de Colombia will mark several
firsts. The first time a Richard Wagner opera is performed in this country and
the first time the L.A based music director conducts Tannhauser. “It’s the most
important challenge we have had to assume since we began as an opera company,”
states Zea. “Tannhäuser is a challenge for any opera as it requires 10 soloists
and the role of Tannhäuser is considered among the most difficult in music.”
Colombian soloists Valeriano Lanchas and César Gutierrez take the stage for
this cultural event along with 48 musicians and the 80 singers of the Ópera de
Colombia Choir. And to ‘tropicalize’ a charged Wagnerian landscape, the Cartagena based
contemporary dance company “Colegio del Cuerpo” will perform in the ballet
sequence of the first act. While opera goers will no doubt be swooned by
Dudamel’s take on ‘Tannhäuser,’ others less familiar with Wagner may find his
music difficult to take in. For Gloria Zea, one of the satisfactions of
planning an event of this size is being able to bring music (and the talent of
the Opera) to audiences, which might not otherwise have to chance to hear
Wagner or witness a world-class conductor at work. Hence tickets have been
priced affordably between $30.000 pesos and $120.000 and are available through
online agents www.tuboleta.com Don’t delay on an evening with Gustavo Dudamel
and the Opera de Colombia. As with so many other highlights Gloria Zea has
achieved for her country and in the name of culture, the sword-fighting knights
in Tannhäuser will have you wishing our July nights never end. 3 1 1
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Dudamel talks ‘Tannhäuser’
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“The word ‘Yes’ just rolled off my tongue,” remarks
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel when asked during a press conference, how
it came to be, that the Opera de Colombia’s director Gloria Zea managed to
convince him to leave a tight schedule to conduct Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser
in the Colombian capital. “I received a phone call last year from Gloria asking
me, if I would like to do Wagner, and I couldn’t resist the challenge.”
Although the conductor “was waiting until 2018” to tackle Richard Wagner, given
the demands on an orchestra, his schedule, and having soloists learn Old German
lyrics, Dudamel rose to the occasion and for the first time in this country a
Wagner opera will be performed next month. Gloria Zea spoke emotionally about
her “hero” Dudamel and the enormous undertaking of getting the Simon Bolivar
Symphony Orchestra to Bogotá and putting them underneath the stage of the Jorge
Eliécer Gaitán Theatre. As the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (OSSBV), Dudamel is invited the world
over to perform with international heavyweights, such as the New York
Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle’s Berlin
Philharmonic. In what may seem a coincidence – 2018, the year Dudamel was to
take on the Wagner – Sir Rattle relinquishes his baton with Berlin; and the 34-year-old Venezuelan seems
well-poised to assume the reigns of what is considered the world’s most
prestigious orchestra. For the three nights in July – the 13th, 16th and
18th - Dudamel will also perform his
first Wagnerian masterpiece and an opera close to Gloria’s heart. “It may seem
crazy of me to do this,” remarks the conductor. “But it wouldn’t be the first
time, I’ve been called ‘crazy.’” Dudamel’s rendition of Tannhäuser requires 10
soloists and for this, the Opera de Colombia assembled an international cast
among them many Latin Americans. Colombian soloists Valeriano Lanchas, Hans
Mogollón and César Gutierrez take to the stage along side Uruguayan baritone
Marcelo Guzzo and Venezuela’s
Ernesto Morillo. Russian Elena Zhidkova plays Venus and German soprano Melanie
Diener, Elisabeth. At any given time there will be 80 singers of the Ópera de
Colombia Choir on stage to accompany this award-winning line-up.
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also see members of the Cartagena-based contemporary dance company Colegio del
Cuerpo perform the ballet sequence. Another first for the Gloria Zea, these
talented dancers under the creative direction of Alvaro Restrepo – and who have
taken their tropical-infused dance to the four corners of the world – will be
embedded in the first Act. “It’s an enormous challenge for the dancers and
Restrepo,” states Zea. For Dudamel, Richard Wagner is classical music’s real
deal: The “totality” of his scores, the acoustics and every detail which goes
into a performance of this size. Zea is emphatic that the three shows have very
little to envy with Bayreuth,
Germany; venue
of the yearly Wagner festival. On his role in Tannhäuser, Dudamel jokes that
like many European opera venues, he has been “relegated” to the pit. “You might
not see much of me, except my hair.” The Wagnerian nights are also an
opportunity to bring music closer to the people; an aspect of Dudamel’s
professional life which he considers fundamental. In his native country, and
under his leadership, the OSSBV has set
important cultural milestones in the formation of musicians and the
orchestra founded in 1978 by maestro José Antonio Abreu moves crowds, and
audiences, on part with the star-power of Venezuela’s best baseball. The OSSBV
has recorded seven albums with Deutsche Grammophon and works closely on these,
with world-class conductors, such as Claudio Abbado. Dudamel is a man with a
global fan base thanks to his commitment to music and his people. In keeping
with this philosophy, Gloria Zea teamed up with the city’s cable network Canal
Capital to broadcast live the last performance of Tannhäuser. According to
Hollman Morris, director of Canal Capital, the idea is to put a large screen in
one of Bogotá’s parks so that the public can enjoy the four-hour spectacle, for
free. For Dudamel this is one of the motivating forces of working closely with
the Opera de Colombia on Tannhäuser. “With this music we bring beauty and
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Gustavo Dudamel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Dudamel
Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born January 26, 1981) is a
Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is the music director of the Orquesta
Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is honorary
conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg,
Sweden.
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Gustavo Dudamel
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Dudamel · Simón Bolivar Symphony
Orchestra of Venezuela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZzFruQCofM&list=TLp7GssQjL0fQ
Desde Chile, tengo el placer y orgasmo de presentarles a la
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar , el Coro Juvenil Nacional de Gran
Bretaña junto a Gustavo Dudamel, Miah Persson y Anna Larsson, interpretando la
Segunda Sinfonía de Gustav Mahler "La Resurrección" en el festival de
los Proms de la BBC 2011.
From Chile,
I have the pleasure and orgasm of present you the Great Simon Bolivar Symphony
Orchestra with The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Miah Persson, Anna
Larsson and Gustavo Dudamel playing the Full version of Mahler 2nd Symphony
"Resurrection" at BBC Proms 2011.