Entwined: A double feature
In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Manuel de Falla’s seminal chamber opera, El retablo de maese Pedro, PostClassical Ensemble and playwright / director Derek Goldman present the double feature Entwined.
This performance features the world premiere of Goldman’s sensuous new performance piece Entwined: Love’s Magicians, conjuring the deep and unlikely friendship between Federico García Lorca, widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century, and Manuel de Falla, Spain’s most prominent composer of the period.
In the second half of our double feature, PostClassical Ensemble (PCE) will perform de Falla’s El retablo de maese Pedro (Master Peter’s Puppet Show), which is inspired by Don Quixote. In this collaboration with visual artist Kevork Mourad, puppets are replaced by animation synced with the score performed by PCE.
Program
- Derek Goldman: Entwined: Love’s Magicians. With music by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) and songs by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)
- Intermission
- Manuel de Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro (Master Peter’s Puppet Show).
- Musical adaptation of scenes drawn from Chapters 25-26, Part II, and elsewhere in The Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (Part I, 1605; Part II, 1615):
- El pregón (The call)
- La Sinfonia de Maese Pedro
- Scene I. La Corte de Carlo Magno (The Court of Charlemagne)
- Entrada de Carlo Magno (Entrance of Charlemagne)
- Scene II. Melisendra
- Scene III. El suplicio de Moro (The Moor’s punishment)
- Scene IV. Los Pirineos (The Pyrenees)
- Scene V. La fuga (The escape)
- Scene VI. La persecución (The pursuit)
- Finale
Post-Concert Discussion with Derek Goldman, Kevork Mourad, and Angel Gil-Ordóñez.
Artists
- Derek Goldman, playwright
- Kevork Mourad, visual artist
- Sonia Olla, Flamenco dancer
- Ismael Fernandez, Flamenco singer
- Ricardo Marlow, Flamenco guitar
- Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
- José Sacín, bass baritone
- Israel Lozano, tenor
- PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Practical information
- Phone: (202) 467-4600
- Venue: Theater at the The Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
News / Reviews
PostClassical Ensemble Fills Stage With Falla
— The Georgetowner, published on May 01, 2023Falla and Lorca resume their friendship in Washington to break down stereotypes about Spain
— El País, published on April 22, 2023From PostClassical Ensemble, a wildly bold ‘Entwined: A Double Feature’
— DC Theater Arts, published on April 21, 2023
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