Composer: António Leal Moreira, Diogo Dias Melgás and Sara Ross
Librettist: Gaetano Martinelli
Date: 2015
Language: Italian
Duration: 100 minutes
Large-scale
Ahasuerus, King of Persia: mezzo-soprano
Esther, Queen: soprano
Haman, Prime Minister: tenor
Mordecai, the Queen’s uncle: countertenor
Harbonah, the King’s confidant: soprano
Athach, the Queen’s Eunuch: tenor
Chorus
King Ahasuerus chooses a bride, Queen Esther, without knowing she is Jewish. Mordecai, the queen’s adoptive father, saves the king’s life. Haman becomes the Prime Minister and the king’s favorite, but Mordecai refuses to honor him. Haman, furious, decides to destroy all the Jews…
This is the motto that brings together students and professionals from the ESML Opera Studio, a work of research and interpretation for the revitalization of opera, to make it more appealing, bringing to the public pieces that deserve a new approach. This is the proposal for Ester.
Orchestra
Date: 2015
Venue: São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbon
Stage Director: Luca Aprea
Music Director: Jan Wierzba
Cast: Carolina Figueiredo, Patrycja Gabrel, Pedro Cachado, Manuel Brás da Costa, Rita Marques, Pedro Matos, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Studio of the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa
