The season will have the seal consolidated by Teatro del Lago in recent years: consecrated artists debuting in Chile as the South African soprano Pretty Yende and the Russian director and pianist, Vladimir Ashkenazy; artistic-educational synergy, own productions, and creativity and innovation. To the successful projection cycle of the Royal Opera House will be added the Bolshoi ballet season with four successful titles. 

 

With outstanding international artists and a reinforced educational vocation, Teatro de Lago will celebrate its first 10 years of life with a season that will bring such relevant figures as the Russian director and pianist, Vladimir Ashkenazy; the exceptional South African soprano, Pretty Yende; and the international dance star, Marianela Núñez, among other artists.

 

The award-winning Russian teacher – who has directed the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, among others and is currently the musical director of the Young Orchestra of the European Union– will be responsible for conducting the International Lake Theater Academy in April in April. Holy Week, in an instance that will bring together young Chilean and Latin American musicians in Frutillar.

 

The new star of New York Metropolitan Opera, the lyric singer Pretty Yende, will perform in June for the first time in Chile. The principal dancer of the Royal Ballet of London and godmother of the Lake Theater Dance School, Marianela Núñez, meanwhile, will star in Sleeping Beauty in August, next to the Sodre National Ballet.

 

“We have worked so that this 2020 season reflects the seal built in this first decade and that has not only been marked by the presence of international quality artists and a strong educational vocation, but also by a permanent commitment to be a meeting place for the community, that is an impulse that moves us every day and for which we will continue to work hard this season so that families, children, young people and older adults can continue to find themselves around music and dance, so that the spaces for creativity and the discussion of the issues that call us as a society continue to grow, and to boost the development of Frutillar, the Llanquihue lake basin and the country, “says Fernando Ortúzar, executive director of Teatro del Lago Foundation .

Precisely in line with the artistic-educational synergy of the Theater, the first great show contemplated for the year will be Pedrito and the Wolf, an own production that gives a fresh and contemporary look to the traditional work of S. Prokofiev. The version was created by choreographer Esdras Hernández and the company La Llave Maestra, and includes music, dance, theater and contemporary themes such as bullying, integration and collective judgment.

 

“Our 2020 season reflects a constant search to encourage creativity, reflection and innovation in the arts. Great artists such as Vladimir Ashkenazy or Marianela Núñez, as well as the new promise of the lyrical world, Pretty Yende, come to our stage to inspire new generations The shows that are presented within the framework of our 10 years combine various artistic expressions and revisit traditional formats for an increasingly eager audience of novel experiences, such as Vertikal, from the French company Käfig, which combines aerial dance , hip hop language and circus techniques, or Sleeping Beauty, whose avant-garde costume breaks with the classical codes of the ballet genre, “said Véronique Mondini, head of artistic projects at Teatro del Lago.

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WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON 2020, FROM 10 PERSPECTIVES

ARTISTS CONSECRATED: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY AND MARIANELA NÚÑEZ

Vladimir Ashkenazy, a true legend of classical music, will be the first international visit of 2020 at Teatro del Lago. The famous Russian conductor and pianist arrives in April to lead the International Academy of the Holy Week Orchestra, a project for the improvement of young musicians from Chile and the world. The concert program, in addition to compositions by Lv Beethoven and PI Tchaikovsky, ends with the Clarinet Concert WA Mozart, performed by the prominent musician, Dimitri Ashkenazy.

 

Together with other works by PI Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty is one of the most spectacular and representative ballets of the universal repertoire. This time, he will arrive at Teatro del Lago with the star of the Royal Ballet of London, Marianela Núñez, as the protagonist, accompanied by the Sodre National Ballet directed by Igor Yedra. This is an innovative version that revisits this classic through a rupturist costume proposal, designed by the Spanish Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada. The designer worked hard on color, volume and textures for this project that she has described as one of the best experiences of her life. The work, which premiered in Uruguay in 2018, will be presented between August 7 and 9.

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A NEW AND EXCEPTIONAL VOICE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: PRETTY YENDE

It is the new star of the New York Metropolitan Opera, where it has surprised not only by its magnificent voice, but also by its charisma and ability to delicately capture its African roots on the scene lyric. This is what Pretty Yende did recently, in La Fille du Régiment, where he incorporated the Zulu into his improvised language in the improvised monologues provided for in the work. Described as a powerful and versatile voice that can reach the stars, the young South African has performed on the main stages of the world and won the Operalia and Belvedere competitions. It will be presented at Teatro del Lago on June 20, accompanied by Italian pianist Michele D’elia, in a recital that will include romantic songs and arias from operas by composers such as Robert Schumann, Gaetano Donizetti and Paolo Tosti, among others.

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A WINDOW TO THE WORLD: BOLSHOI BALLET AND ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

For the first time, the Chilean public will be able to access the best titles of the Bolshoi Ballet through projections that will be transmitted in Teatro del Lago. This is El Corsario (January 17), Giselle (March 13), Swan Lake (April 26, coinciding with National Dance Day) and Jewels (June 5), which will feature the great figures of the most important classical dance company in Russia.

 

These projections add to the opera cycle of Royal Opera House, which for three years have been broadcast in Teatro del Lago. The 2020 season includes Don Giovanni (January 3), La Bohème (February 21), Fidelio (April 17) and Elektra (July 10).

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NEW TRENDS: INTEGRAL SHOWS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CROSSES

Innovation, integral shows and interdisciplinary crossings will be part of the seal of the 2020 season. This will happen, for example, on July 18 and 19 with the family show Draw me a music: Alicia on the other side of the mirror.The work, adapted by the French Camille and Louise Durette and with the illustrations of the Argentine Federico Mozzi, collects the story of Alice in Wonderland interactively, combining music, narration and illustration. The interaction goes further, with the participation of the children themselves, invited to be the protagonist, drawing on the stage their own version of the story.

 

The prominent French choreographer and dancer, Mourad Merzouki, will return to Chile to premiere his acclaimed show Vertikal, which combines aerial dance, circus stunts and hip hop as an excuse to defy gravity. The play will be presented on August 29 and 30, two years after debut Pixel, also at Teatro del Lago, a show that won the 2018 Art Critics Circle award for best international dance work.

 

The new trends will also be present at the Arts and Sciences Festival, an innovative meeting that seeks to open new lines of reflection about the relationship between the two disciplines, in a world in which technologies are increasingly integrated into society. This festival will gather music, dramaturgy and astronomy content on the stage of Teatro del Lago, exploring the enormous influence of science on music.

OWN PRODUCTIONS

The School of the Arts and the Teatro del Lago Ensemble will be, once again, the protagonists of a series of own productions that allow students, young talents and outstanding artists and teachers to be gathered on stage. A Peter and the Wolf, show that opens the summer, will add 18 and 19 December Nutcracker choreographed Ezra Hernandez, a hard length production by the School of Arts, and in addition every year professional dancers. A show that every year conquers the public in southern Chile.

 

For its part, Ensamble Teatro del Lago, composed of internationally renowned musicians, will offer nine concerts in a wide repertoire ranging from classics such as Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, to jazz, Latin American women’s music, movie music and 70’s hits. and 80 ‘, among others. These concerts will feature guest artists, including long-standing Chilean professionals and also young musicians who have been part of the training programs carried out in the theater.

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2020 FESTIVALS

In order to enhance themes and captivate new audiences, three festivals will be part of the 2020 season of Teatro del Lago. The cycle will start on February 14 and 15, with the Patagonia Jazz Festival. In those days, the jazz scene will once again have a leading place in Frutillar under the curatorship of Federico Dannemann, and Chilean and foreign musicians, plus the participation of Ensamble Teatro del Lago with tributes to Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz and John Coltrane.

 

On May 8 and 9, thebe held, Arts and Sciences Festival will which will include the Music and Science concert, an indivisible binomial, by Ensamble Teatro del Lago with guest artists. The public can also enjoy Random, third play of the Science + Arts + Audiences program, a project co-produced by the Teatro del Lago Foundation and the Quilicura Cultural Corporation, in which Replica (I. Stevenson, 2018) and Greta (X . Carrera, 2019). The festival culminates with a talk about the universe, guided by the renowned Chilean astronomer, María Teresa Ruiz, National Prize for Exact Sciences. Art, Music and Science join in this innovative meeting.

 

Finally, on November 13 and 14 the traditional Spring Festival will be held, with which Teatro del Lago will officially celebrate its tenth anniversary, with a program that will include international artists, its School of Arts and outreach activities with the community regional.

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PROMOTION TO THE CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS

The Teatro del Lago Foundation programs a variety of contemporary circus shows every season, as a way to promote this discipline and support the program Frutillar Circus that Mustakis Foundation performs in the city. In this way, the students, in addition to living the experience of a professional circus show, participate in workshops taught by the invited artists.

 

This 2020 the programming in that line will begin on April 24 and 25 with The Artist, clown and air circus show performed by acclaimed New Zealand artist, Thomas Monckton, acclaimed at the Fringe Festival in Scotland 2018.

 

To this is added the presentation of Vertikal, directed by Mourad Merzouki, on August 29 and 30. The French artist will also conduct a repertoire transmission workshop for students of ballet, dance, young members of the Can Bailar and Circus Frutillar program.

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ARTISTIC-EDUCATIONAL SYNERGY

Since its creation, Teatro del Lago promotes the experience, experimentation and generation of art as a vehicle to unlock the creative potential of people and develop the skills required by the society of the 21st century. During these 10 years it has thus become a hotbed for creativity through its School of the Arts.

 

During the 2020 season, the students of their Dance School will have an outstanding participation in the ballet Sleeping Beauty together with the Sodre National Ballet and Marianela Núñez, who is also the godmother of the school.

 

On the other hand, the dance and integration program Puedes Bailar, which Teatro del Lago performs with the support of the Gabriel & Mary Mustakis Foundation and which benefits more than 70 young people in the region every year, this 2020 will be in charge of the outstanding French choreographer , Mourad Merzouki.

 

The program Puedes Cantar, which promotes choral singing in southern Chile and is held every year thanks to the support of the Ibáñez Atkinson Foundation, will end with an emotional and significant choral encounter, in which the voices of more than 400 children will join and girls on the main stage of Teatro del Lago.

 

Throughout the 2020 season, students from the Theater School of the Arts Theater will also participate in various workshops taught by the same artists that are presented within the season.

UNIQUE PERFECTION OPPORTUNITIES

This season, the International Chamber Music Master Course (CMMC), created by Teatro del Lago to open a new space for artistic training around chamber music, will take place between February 23 and 29, and will be in charge of five virtuous women: the Bulgarian violinist, Gergana Gergova; the German violist, Barbara Buntrock; German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff; the English oboist, Sasha Calin and the Latvian pianist, Lauma Skride. All of them have outstanding international careers and will also offer the International Soloists Concert on February 22, one of the public’s favorites every summer.

 

From April 5 to 12, more than 70 musicians from Chile and the world will have the unique opportunity to live the experience of the traditional Teatro del Lago International Academy, a musical improvement program in which young people, selected by means of a call, will exchange experiences during six intense days – prepared by four internationally renowned coaches: Nigel Shores, Wagner Polistchuk, Martin Osten and Luis Damián Ortiz. The Academy will end with a great concert, under the baton of the famous Russian director, Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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TERRITORY

Since its beginnings Teatro del Lago has been in the constant task of making community through arts and education, a work that will continue to deepen the season of celebration of its first decade. Thus, it will again join activities like the Day of the Book, Day Heritage and Day Dance.

 

Likewise, the Foundation constantly makes efforts to bring music and arts to other communities to offer children, young people and adults a unique and inspiring artistic experience, through the initiative “The Theater beyond the Lake”.

 

As a way to bring Frutillar, Chile and the world closer, this season Teatro del Lago adds different artistic collaborations to take to the creative city of music, different shows and artists. This is the case for this 2020 of the Bariloche Symphony Orchestra, Santiago a Mil Festival and the French company Käfig.

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NEW SUBSCRIPTION

One of the novelties for the public this Season 2020 is the creation of the Cumbre del Tronador that includes the main concerts and shows of the year: the Holy Week Concert directed by Vladimir Ashkenazy, the recital of the soprano Pretty Yende, the ballet La Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Núñez and the Sodre National Ballet, and Vertikal of the French company Käfig directed by Mourad Merzouki.

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Check in these links the book and video of the 2020 Season.