Chamber Opera
Taking the most Joycean novel written by Juan José Saer as a starting point and aesthetic reference, renowned actress and director Maricel Alvarez and argentinian composer Ezequiel Menalled join creative forces to produce this chamber opera, a project commissioned and presented by the Colón Theater’s Experimentation Center (CETC).
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A transposition of Juan José Saer’s eponymous novel, and a landmark work in Argentinian literature, The ‘Royal Lemon Tree’ narrates the journey of Wenceslao, in his late fifties, in an insular setting in the Santa Fe Province during the last day of the year.
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Composer & Musical conductor
Ezequiel Menalled
Staged & directed by
Maricel Alvarez
Libretto
Fernando Regueira
Cast
Esteban Manzano (Tenor), Alejandro Spies (Baritone), Virginia Correa Dupuy (Mezzo Soprano), Luca Zubieta, Virginia Majorel (Soprano), Juan Francisco Ramirez (Tenor), Tomás Catania / Son
Musicians
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Artistic team
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‘El Limonero Real’ received the RFI-Radio Cultura Award (given by the French Embassy and the Buenos Aires City Government) for Best Production of the year 2015.