He mythical motto “All for one and one for all”the 17th century court of Versailles and the struggle between good and evil they come back on stage. And they do it in the form of a new family opera inspired by famous novel ‘D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers’ by the French writer Alexandre Dumas (father).
Jesus Echeverría was commissioned to compose the score for this new production by Navarra Chamber Opera (OCN) while the playwright and director from Pamplona Víctor Iriarte wrote the screenplay for this new adventure of the mythical literary character.
The fgeneral anointings will be carried out in DecemberThursday 19 (8:00 p.m.), Friday 20 (8:00 p.m.) and Saturday 21 (7:00 p.m.). To them will be added a morning pass for secondary school students on Thursday, December 19.
It’s a updated version of the original workwith a duration of approximately 65 minutes, with which the company aims to disseminate values that are perpetuated over time such as loyalty and solidarity.
He staging promoted by OCN with Alfonso García Noáin at the helm, he counts among his performers such famous people like the Navarrese José Luis Sola (tenor)in the role of D’Artagnan and Iñaki Fresan (baritone), like Cardinal Mazzarino.
They also stand out established singers like Andrea Jiménez (soprano), Julen Jiménez (tenor), Marta Huarte (mezzo soprano) and emerging personalities, like the young Selma Sola (soprano) or Julen García (baritone), in a commitment of the Navarrese company to young values. They also intervene the choir of the Navarre Chamber Opera and the Navarre Symphony Orchestra.
SYNOPSIS
THE plot It takes place twenty years after the original action, in 1648. But from that moment on, as Víctor Iriarte points out, “we invented everything. Athos, Porthos and Aramís, the musketeers, now pay for their youthful excesses in already tired bodies. That’s not a bad lesson for today’s viewer. remember that the abuse of young peopleexcess at the table and drinking they usually end up paying“.
Cardinal Richelieu has died and the role of “very bad” now falls to Mazzarino. Luis, the “Dauphin” and son of the kings of France, studied in Holland and to avoid war against this country, D’Artagnan calls the offspring of his musketeers“nails autonomous girls and a boy with clear ideas», continues the author of the book.
“We offer a fiction unrelated to Dumas’ bookswritten and set to music with the conviction that the writer would not dare to modify it. “I would have smiled at our last wink: a resounding ‘to be continued’ because the public is always waiting for new volumes,” he remembers, alluding to the original novel that Alexandre Dumas published in installments between March and July 1844 in the French newspaper “Le siècle”.
As for the the composer and musical director Jesús Echeverría, explains that the opera is composed in one act and eight scenes. “It’s complex in its design but simple in its listening,” he emphasizes. Based on recurring musical motifs which accompany the characters, it is nourished by a very elaborate harmonic framework.
“A was used aesthetic accessible to the listener and at the same time difficult for the performer. The scenes are well differentiated musically, taking into account the characters who intervene in them.
For this reason, Echeverría continues his explanation: “it goes from comical to tragicfrom melancholic to terrifying or from uncertainty to happiness through music.
ABOUT OCN
OCN is a Navarrese company unique which is characterized by create your own productions and commitment to musical premieres in our community. In its desire to innovate and generate new audiences, it orders productions from scratch (both the libretto and the score, but also the sets and costumes).
The last premiere was “There will be no dawn without you”, which was part of a social and musical project with Cáritas in June 2022. Other of his own productions These are “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, “The Keeper of Tales” or “The Toy Store”.
THE tickets for this show, they are available at the box office and on www.teatrogayarre.com at the general price of €22 and €16 for those under 30.
COMPLETE ART SHEET
Below you can consult the art sheet for ‘D’Artagnan and the Young Musketeers’:
- Cast (in order of appearance): José Luis Sola (D’Artagnan, tenor), Andrea Jiménez (Ana de Austria, soprano), Julen Jiménez (Godot, tenor), Txema Lacunza (Athos, baritone), Juan Gallego (Porthos, bass ), Alfonso García Noáin (Aramis, tenor), Marta Huarte (Adele, mezzo), Selma Sola (Christine, soprano), Julen García (Albert, baritone), Iñaki Fresan (Mazarino, bass), Felipe Martínez (Bizco, tenor), Mikel Lacunza (Atranco, baritone), Mikel Galduroz (Mesonero, tenor), María Gutiérrez (Delfín).
- Navarre Chamber Opera Choir
- Choir direction: Erica Imizcoz
- Navarre Symphony Orchestra
- musical direction: Jesus Echeverria
- staging:Victor Iriarte
- Closing and layout advice: Navarra Historical Fencing Association, Corvus.
- Costume design and production: Edurne Ibánez. Characterization: Amaia Mendo, Arantza Otel.
- Lighting and projections: Jorge Urrizola. Set construction: Raúl Arraiza. Accessories: Navarre Chamber Opera.
- Technical management: Daniel Orcese (worldwide). Production management: Alfonso García Noain.
- Production: Kithara Productions SL, Matipalir SL
- Communication: OCN communication cabinet
- Graphic design: Julia Subiza. Image and sound: Jon Cabases-Eduardo Garcia Nuñez.
- A Navarra Chamber Opera (OCN) production.
