A Reconquista de Olivenza brings together the playwright and director Ricardo Neves-Neves and the pianist and composer Filipe Raposo for the second time after Banda Sonora. The history of Olivenza, an Alentejo portion of Portuguese territory occupied in 1801 by Spain, it is told on stage in a fanciful exercise on Power and Politics, with…
A RECONQUISTA DE OLIVENZAThe new performance that brings together the playwright and director Ricardo Neves-Neves and the pianist and composer Filipe Raposo looks at the history of Olivenza, an Alentejo portion of Portuguese territory occupied in 1801 by Spain, with the support of France and whose Spanish sovereignty is still not recognized by Portugal. Using the ancient Iberian…
O LIVRO DE PANTAGRUEL (THE BOOK OF PANTAGRUEL)After Banda Sonora and A Reconquista de Olivenza, the playwright and director Ricardo Neves-Neves and the pianist and composer Filipe Raposo meet again and join the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa in O Livro de Pantagruel. Once again, they create a fantasy universe, full of delusions and extravagances, black humor and many other shades. It’s about…