With the artistic direction of maestro Cesário Costa, comments by musicologist Jorge Castro Ribeiro and a multimedia component created by ‘designer’ Sara Botelho, the cycle of the new Promenade 2.0 Concerts has seven shows, until December 19, the day on which the Coliseu do Porto Ageas celebrates 80 years.
In the premiere, the narration of “Pedro and the Wolf” will be done live by the comedian and actor Bruno Nogueira, and the music will be performed by the Classical Orchestra of Espinho.
“Pedro e o Lobo” is a story that is told through music composed, in 1936, by Sergei Prokofiev, and that became one of the best known works of the Russian composer. Based on Aesop’s fable, it was written for narrator and orchestra with the pedagogical objective of making known the sounds of the various musical instruments.
The music punctuates and alternates with the narration, coloring every detail of the story until the grand finale.
Introduced in Portugal by the Coliseu, in 2005, in its various seasons until 2014, the Promenade Concerts attracted 130 thousand spectators.
The Promenade 2.0 Concerts will highlight, until December 19, aspects and details of national and international works such as “Pedro and the Wolf” by Prokofiev, “Rhapsody in Blue”, by Gershwin, the tale “The Ark of the Treasure”, by Alice Vieira, played by Eurico Carrapatoso, “Cinderela”, by Lotte Reiniger, and songs from around the world that have become famous, among other melodies and stories.
Tickets cost between six and fourteen euros, subscriptions for the full cycle have a 50% discount at the Colosseum ticket office.
