2009

George Bejamin's A mind of Winter in CCB


George Benjamin: A mind of Winter

22th December, 9:30 p.m.
Portimão; Teatro Tempo, Main Auditorium

23th December, 9:00 p.m.
Lisbon, CCB, Main Auditorium

Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Sara Braga Simoes, soprano
Portuguese Chamber Orchestra



Opera Aladin by Nino Rota
1st October 2:30 p.m
2nd October 2:30 p.m
3rd October 9:oo pm

4th October 6:00 pm
6th October 10:30 am

Aladino: Fernando Guimarães
La Principessa: Sara Braga Simões
Mago Maghrebino: José Corvelo
Madre di Aladino: Mónica Lacerda Pais
Genio della lampada/Gran ministro/L'orafo: Rui Silva
Génio dell' anello/Re: João Merino
amoung others


Artave Orchestra
Musical direction: Luís Machado
Direction: Norma Graça-Silvestre



On the 23rd June, Sara Braga Simões wil perform a recital with the pianist Rui Martins in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia. The programm includes the cycles Nove Canções de António Ramos Rosa (António Pinho Vargas) and Os frutos dos Anjos op. 27 (Nuno Côrte-Real) both in First audition in Slovenia.

4th and 8th June:
Die Zauberflöte - Mozart (as Pamina)
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, 3 p.m.

5th June
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Rui Martins, piano
Museu Nogueira da Silva - Braga (private event)

23rd June
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Rui Martins, piano
Red Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9 p.m
Works by Berg, Pinho Vargas and Côrte-Real.

3rd July
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Pipa, piano
Works by Eurico Thomaz de Lima and Vianna da Mota
Maia

Die Zauberflöte returns to Teatro São Carlos

After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's Die Zauberflöte - Mozart.


Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]
João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]

Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno: Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

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Photos for Press

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© Alfredo Rocha
Concert in Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House



© Casa da Música
Opera: La Spinalba - Francisco António de Almeida (title role)

Die Zauberflöte returns to Teatro Nacional de São Carlos




After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]
João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber
Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães


Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Biography

Sara Braga Simões is a winner of several national and international prizes. 

International Reviews praise her impressive range (Opera Now) and her outstanding performance (Opera Magazine).
Sara’s operatic roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Elle (La voix Humaine), Despina (Così fan Tutte,), among many others.


Her concert performances include works from Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Ravel, Dvořák, Berio, George Crumb, George Benjamin, Peter Maxwell Davies and also Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’étè.
She sang in the world premiere of many works of composers as João Pedro Oliveira, Nuno Côrte-Real, Luís Tinoco and Aubert Lemeland.
She made her London debut with London Sinfonietta in the world premiere of Pedro Amaral’s Opera O Sonho [The Dream].


Sara sung with conductors such as Lawrence Renes, Martin André, Stefan Asbury, Peter Rundell, Johannes Willig, Laurence Cummings, Marc Tardue, Pierre-Andre Valade, among others.
Currently, she works with Susan McCulloch, in the UK.

After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro NAcional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.



Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]
João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães


Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
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