AGENDA 2011-18

2018

Feb.Mar. – Stage Director & Designer – GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE LITTLE PIGS > Dominic Kimberlin & Vahan Salorian | Conductor: Paul Wingfield | New Production | Production: The Opera Story  | London, UK

Mar. – Stage Director – ATRAS (ao Lado) | BEHIND (at the side) | Site-specific performance > New dramaturgy build from feminist poetry by Maria Teresa Horta by I.Meireles & P.Ribeiro | New Production | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Tirsense Football Club Lockerroom | Sto Tirso, PTG.

Apr. – Stage Director – ROMPE A CANCAO QUE NAO HAVIA | BURSTS THE NONEXISTENT SONG | Song, Revolution, Immigration > New dramaturgy build with Portuguese Songs from 1940’s to 1980’s by I.Meireles & P.Ribeiro | Revival | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

May – Workshop leader – Universidade Senior Tirsense |  Acting workshop| Sto Tirso, PTG

Jun.Jul. – Assistant Director – FALSTAFF > G.Verdi |  Stage Director: Robert Carsen | Revival | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | London, UK

Jul. – Stage Director & Designer – A CAMINHO > musical by M. Arouca | Revival |  Paulo VI Auditorium | Fatima, PTG

Aug. – Stage Director – ROMPE A CANCAO QUE NAO HAVIA | BURSTS THE NONEXISTENT SONG | Song, Revolution, Immigration > New dramaturgy build with Portuguese Songs from 1940’s to 1980’s by I.Meireles & P.Ribeiro | Revival | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

Sep. – Workshop leader – Pallco Performing Arts School & Conservatory |  Musical Theatre workshop in Acting through song| Porto, PTG

Oct. – Stage Director – ROMPE A CANCAO QUE NAO HAVIA | BURSTS THE NONEXISTENT SONG | Song, Revolution, Immigration > New dramaturgy build with Portuguese Songs from 1940’s to 1980’s by I.Meireles & P.Ribeiro | Revival in the Noc Noc Festival | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Guimaraes, PTG.

Nov. – Assistant Director – CARMEN > G.Verdi |  Stage Director: Barrie Kosky | Revival Director: Alan Barnes | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | London, UK

 

2017

Feb. – Stage Director – A OUTRA MARGEM | ACROSS > Rita Fernandes & Nuno da Rocha | New Production | Opera Lab for Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & ENOA | Lisbon, PTG

Mar – Stage Director – LANDSCAPE OF NEW MUSIC THEATRE & OPERA | New Staging Languages | ENOA Residency | La Monnaie / De Munt & LOD | Brussels, Ghent – Belgium

Mar. – Stage Director – ROMPE A CANCAO QUE NAO HAVIA | BURSTS THE NONEXISTENT SONG | Song, Revolution, Immigration > New dramaturgy build with Portuguese Songs from 1940’s to 1980’s by I.Meireles & P.Ribeiro | New Production | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

Apr. – Stage Director & Designer – BALANCA | SCALE > M.Costa & A.Sa | New Production | Auditorium of the Public Library of Sto Tirso, PTG.

Apr.May – Acting & Movement Coach – Movement, Voice, Text & Character | 3 workshops | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

Jun. – Assistant Director – LA TRAVIATA > G. Verdi – Stage Director: Richard Eyre. Revival Director: Barbara Lluch. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. | London, UK

Jul. – Assistant Director – DIE ZAUBERFLOTE | THE MAGIC FLUTE > W.A.Mozart – Stage Director: Tom Guthrie | Longborough Opera Festival | Gloucestershire , UK

Aug. – Acting & Movement Coach – North Sea Vocal Academy | Frost of Scandinavia | Intensive Course for Singers | Vestervig, Denmark

Oct. – Stage Director & Designer – A CAMINHO > a new musical by M. Arouca | New Production | Boa Nova Auditorium | Estoril, PTG

Nov.Dec – Assistant Director – RIGOLETTO > G.Verdi |  Stage Director: David McVicar | Revival Director: Justin Way | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | London, UK

 

2016

Feb. Costume Designer – THE BIG BAD WOLF | O LOBO MAU | Red Cloud Puppet Company | Estarreja Municipal Theatre | Aveiro, PTG.

Apr. – Stage Director – ST JOHN’S PASSION > J.S.Bach | World Premiere of the first Portuguese version | Guimaraes Classical Orchestra & Camara Municipal de Guimaraes | Guimaraes, PTG.

May – Stage Director – GREASE – THE MUSICAL > Jacobs & Casey| New production for the Music Course of Academia de Musica de Espinho | Espinho, PTG.

May – Assistant Director – NABUCCO > G.Verdi | Stage Director: Daniele Abbado | Revival | Royal Opera House | London, UK

June – Guidance Director – OEDIPUS REX + AMPHITRYON > Sophocles, Plautus | New production for the 1st year Drama Course of Conservatorio de Musica e Teatro da Jobra | Produced for the Talabrigae Ex Libris Roman Festival | Albergaria, PTG

July – Stage Director + Set Designer – PASSAGES – Thoughts on stage > T.Gersao / I.Leite | New Production | Theatre adaptation based on Teolinda Gersao’s romance “Passagens” | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

Aug. – Assistant Director – BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA > G.Rossini | Stage Directors: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier | Revival | Royal Opera House | London, UK

Oct. – Assistant Director – MANON LESCAUT > G.Puccini | Stage Director: Jonathan Kent | Revival | Royal Opera House | London, UK

 

2015

Jan. – Stage Director – AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS > Menotti | New Production | London Children Opera Company | St.Paul’s Church, Covent Garden | London, UK

Mar. – Stage Director – THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE > Brecht | Final production of the 3rd year Drama Course of Conservatorio de Musica e Teatro da Jobra | Albergaria, PTG

May – Assistant Director – MANON LESCAUT > G.Puccini | Stage Director: Jonathan Kent | Revival | Bucharest National Opera | ROM

Jun. – Assistant Director – FALSTAFF > G.Verdi | Stage Director: Robert Carsen | Revival | Royal Opera House | London, UK

Oct. – Stage Director – AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THAT PLACE (Or How to Drink a Glass of Water) | Text > Jennie Buckman | Music > Tom Hartley-Booth | New musical theatre production with puppets | Winner of the Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival first comission | Kent, UK.

Oct. Stage Director – Prospectika 3D Mapping Workshop on D. GIOVANNI | Verona Opera Academy | Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowship | Arena Museo Opera | Verona, IT.

Nov. Costume Designer – THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL | A Menina dos Fósforos | Red Cloud Puppet Company | Aveirense Theatre | Aveiro, PTG.

 

2014

Feb. – Artistic Consultant for the New Generation Ballet – London Dance Company | London UK

May – Assistant Director – MANON LESCAUT > G.Puccini | Stage Director: Jonathan Kent | New Production | Royal Opera House | London, UK

Jul. – Stage Director – SEVERA – O FADO DE UM FADO II > S. Azevedo, C. Marecos, C. Azevedo | New Fado Song Cycle arranged by portuguese contemporary composers | Soloists: Ana Barros & Bruno Belthoise | Ateneu Comercial do Porto | Porto, PTG.

Nov. – Stage Director – LA CENERENTOLA > G.Rossini | New Production | Clapham Opera Festival | London, UK.

Dec. – Finalist of the Independent Opera Stage Director Fellowship – BIEDERMAND & THE ARSONISTS > Simon Vosecek | Concept Proposal for the Lylian Baylis Theatre | London, UK.

Dec. – Artistic Director – UM DIA ALFABETICO – New Production | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company | Sto Tirso, PTG.

 

2013

Jan. & Feb. – Assistant Director – EUGENE ONEGIN > Tchaikovsky | Stage Director: Kasper Holten. New Production. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

Mar. Assistant Director – NABUCCO > G.Verdi | Stage Director: Daniele Abbado. New Production. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

Apr. – Stage Director – Stage Director’s Workshop – Theme: Portrait of a Singer | Solist: Justina Gringyte | Performance in the Crush Room, ROH | London UK

Apr. – Assistant Director – LA DONNA DEL LAGO, Donizetti – Stage Director: John Fulljames. New Production. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

Jun. – Stage Director – JPYA SHOWCASE (Excerpts: The Magic Flute | Anna Bolena | Elisir d’Amore | Idomeneo | Onegin | La Rondine ) Performance at the Main Stage of the Royal Opera House | London UK

Oct. – Stage Director – EL GATO CON BOTAS > X. Montsalvagte. New Production. Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH | London UK

Nov. – Stage Director – SEVERA – O FADO DE UM FADO > S. Azevedo, C. Marecos, C. Azevedo | New Fado Song Cycle arranged by portguese contemporary composers | Soloists: Ana Barros & Bruno Belthoise. Ateneu Comercial do Porto, PTG.

 

2012

Jan. / Feb. – Assistant Director – DON GIOVANNI, W. A. Mozart – Stage Director: Francesca Zambello. Revival Director: Barbara Lluch. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

Feb. – Stage Director – Stage Director’s Workshop – Theme: Obsessive Compulsive Disorders | Solist: Jihoon Kim. Piano: David Gowland| Performance in the Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH | London UK

Mar. – Assessor – Off West End Awards (Offies) | London UK

May – Assistant Director – FALSTAFF, G. Verdi – Stage Director: Robert Carsen. New Co-production: ROH & La Scala. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

June – Assistant Director – LA BOHÈME, G. Puccini – Stage Director: John Copley. Revival Director: Paul Higgins. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

June – Stage Director – JPYA SHOWCASE | Cosi Fan Tutte | Le Nozze di Figaro | Don Giovanni | La Fille du Regiment | La Boheme. Performances in the Linbury Studio Theater, ROH | London UK

July – Stage Director – IL VIAGGIO A REIMS – JPYAP 10th Anniversary Summer Performance | Concert staging | Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

Oct. – Stage Director – BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE – Mozart + MOZART AND SALIERI – Korsakov. New Production. Meet the Young Artists Week. Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH | London UK

Oct. – Assistant Director – ROBERT LE DIABLE – G. Meyerbeer – Stage Director: Laurent Pelly. New Production. Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

 

2011

Oct. – Stage Director – LE PORTRAIT DE MANON – J. Massenet + LES NUITS D’ETE – H. Berlioz. Meet the Young Artists Week. Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House | London UK

Nov-Dec. – Assistant Director – LA TRAVIATA | G. Verdi | Stage Director: Richard Eyre | Revival Director: Rodula Gaitanou | Royal Opera House Main Stage | London UK

July – Stage Director – LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | A. Menken, H. Ashman | AMVP student production | V.N.Gaia, PTG

 June Harp Class Concert at the Costa Cabral Music Academy, Oporto, PTG

MayHarp Masters Class with Mario Falcao (Fredonia University, NY) | Oporto Music Conservatory, PTG

May – Stage Director & Designer – THE CHERRY ORCHARD | A.Tchekov | New Production | Quatro Ventos Theatre Company |  Vila das Aves Cultural Center Auditorium. Sto Tirso, PTG

May – Stage Director & Designer – THE LITTLE SWEEP | Let’s Make an Opera – Britten & Crozier | AMVMS Co-Production with Vila Flôr Cultural Center/ A Oficina | CCVF Grand Auditorium. Guimarães, PTG

May Harp Class Concert  – Oporto Music Conservatory, PTG

March Harp Class Concert – Costa Cabral Music Academy, PTG

March – Stage Director & Designer – RAPUNZEL | Quatro Ventos Company | Revival |  Vila das Aves Cultural Center Auditorium, PTG

March – Harp Class Concert at the Leiria Arts Conservatory, PTG

March – Stage Director – JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT | Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Revival | Oporto Coliseum | AMVP Production | V.N.Gaia, PTG

February – Stage Director & Designer – RAPUNZEL | Grimm Brothers |Quatro Ventos Company | New Production | Premiere at A.H.B.A Auditorium. Sto Tirso, PTG

January – Costumes & Graphic Designer – FRAGIL | FRAGILE | by Joao Paulo Seara Cardoso | Teatro de Marionetas do Porto | New Production | Premiere at Balleteatro Auditorium. Oporto, PTG