OPERA
As opera conductor Joan Cerveró has directed his preferences towards the contemporary scene, presenting several premieres and productions for the first time in Spain, without neglecting involvement in classical lyrical projects.
SELECTION
Europeras 1 & 2 | Teatro Principal de Castellón
EUROPERAS 1 - 5
Europeras 1 to 5, by John Cage
Librettist, John Cage
OSV | Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia ( 1 & 2)*
Grup Instrumental de Valencia (3, 4 & 5 )
Joan Cerveró, Conductor
Production by EACC | Espai d’Art Contemporàni de Castelló
Premiered at Teatro Principal de Castellón | 19/12/2006
*Premiere in Spain
Neither, opera poster, Teatro Principal de Valencia
NEITHER
Neither, music by Morton Feldman
Librettist, Samuel Beckett
Pilar Jurado, Soprano
OSV | Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia
Joan Cerveró, Conductor
Héctor Julio Pérez, Stage Director
Production by Institut Valencià de la Música | IVM
Premiered at Teatro Principal de Valencia | 12/05/2007
Premiere in Spain
Marina Pardo, The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten, Shakespeare Festival, Santa Susana, Barcelona
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
La violación de Lucrecia, Op.37, music by Benjamin Britten
Librettist, Ronald Duncan based in the book ‘Le Viol de Lucrèce’, by André Obey
Joan Cerveró, Conductor
Carme Portaceli, Stage Director
Production by Festival Shakespeare de Santa Susanna, Barcelona (Spain)
Dulcinea by Mauricio Sotelo, OSM, Teatro Real, Madrid
Dulcinea
Dulcinea, music by Mauricio Sotelo
Librettist, Andrés Ibáñez, inspired in the Cervante’s book
‘El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha’
Joan Cerveró, Conductor
Gustavo Tambascio, Stage Director
Production by Teatro Real, Madrid (Spain)
World Premiere
OTHER OPERA/ORATORIO PRODUCTIONS
Brundibár | by Hans Krása | Libretto, Adolf Hoffmeister | Direction, Eduardo Bazo | Production by Teatro Real, Madrid, Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla) and others
Don Giovanni | by Wolfgang A. Mozart | Libretto, Lorenzo da Ponte | Direction, Carles Alfaro | Production by IVM
Oedipus Rex | by Igor Stravinsky | Libretto, Jean Cocteau | Direction, Frederic Amat | Production by Festival de Granada, Festival de Perelada and others.
Così fan tutte | by Wolfgang A. Mozart | Libretto, Lorenzo da Ponte | Direction, Alexander Herold | Production by IVM
Four Notes Opera | by Tom Johnson | Direction Elisa Creuhet (I) - Rafael Calatayud (II) | Production by IVAECM (I), La Pavana (II)
El Retablo de Maese Pedro [Master Peter's Puppet Show] | by Manuel de Falla | Libretto, based on an episode from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes | Direction, Jaume Policarpo | Production by Grup Instrumental de Valencia & Bambalina Titelles