MUSIC THEATRE (dance, performance, staged concert, opera)
*** created and directed by Arturo Fuentes
link 2001 Raya *** Staged concert (percussion quartet, flute, video. 30 min. duration)
link 2010 Line of oblivion *** Dance, music theater (dance, viola, 2 bass cl, narrator, video, 1hr duration)
link 2010 Hymne 80 *** Performance with sensors (narrator, sensors, live video and electronics. 25 min. duration)
link 2012 Grace Note *** Dance, music theater (dance, electronics, ensemble, 1hr duration)
link 2016 Musique des êtres imaginaires *** Staged concert (ensemble and electronics, 1hr duration)
link 2016 Whatever Works Music theatre, opera (voices, electronics and ensemble)
link 2016 Glass distortion *** Staged concert (for string quartet, lights, 24 crystal cups and electronics)
link 2018 The cult of personality *** Dance, music theater (2 dancers, bass clarinet, percussion, electronics and video, 1hr duration)
link 2018 Carlotas Zimmer *** Opera monodrama (Austrian production. Soprano, video and chamber orchestra, 1 hr duration)
link 2018 La habitación de Carlota *** Opera monodrama (Mexican production. Soprano, video and chamber orchestra, 1 hr duration)
link 2019 Cegueira *** Musik theatre (percussion quartet, soprano-actress, electronics and video, 1hr. duration).
link 2019 701 britische Teelöffel, viva la muerte ! Music theatre (actors, flute, trumpet and electronics, 1hr duration)
link 2021 Poème Maudit*** staged concert (for microtonal guitar quartet and 28 performers)
link 2022 [in progress] Cegueira *** Music theatre (percussion quartet, actress, electronics and video, 1hr. duration)
link 2022 [in progress] Opera 360 Opera, dance, perfomance (Barroque orchestra and choir, 1hr. duration)
*** created and directed by Arturo Fuentes
link 2001 Raya *** Staged concert (percussion quartet, flute, video. 30 min. duration)
link 2010 Line of oblivion *** Dance, music theater (dance, viola, 2 bass cl, narrator, video, 1hr duration)
link 2010 Hymne 80 *** Performance with sensors (narrator, sensors, live video and electronics. 25 min. duration)
link 2012 Grace Note *** Dance, music theater (dance, electronics, ensemble, 1hr duration)
link 2016 Musique des êtres imaginaires *** Staged concert (ensemble and electronics, 1hr duration)
link 2016 Whatever Works Music theatre, opera (voices, electronics and ensemble)
link 2016 Glass distortion *** Staged concert (for string quartet, lights, 24 crystal cups and electronics)
link 2018 The cult of personality *** Dance, music theater (2 dancers, bass clarinet, percussion, electronics and video, 1hr duration)
link 2018 Carlotas Zimmer *** Opera monodrama (Austrian production. Soprano, video and chamber orchestra, 1 hr duration)
link 2018 La habitación de Carlota *** Opera monodrama (Mexican production. Soprano, video and chamber orchestra, 1 hr duration)
link 2019 Cegueira *** Musik theatre (percussion quartet, soprano-actress, electronics and video, 1hr. duration).
link 2019 701 britische Teelöffel, viva la muerte ! Music theatre (actors, flute, trumpet and electronics, 1hr duration)
link 2021 Poème Maudit*** staged concert (for microtonal guitar quartet and 28 performers)
link 2022 [in progress] Cegueira *** Music theatre (percussion quartet, actress, electronics and video, 1hr. duration)
link 2022 [in progress] Opera 360 Opera, dance, perfomance (Barroque orchestra and choir, 1hr. duration)
RAYA link
2001- staged concert
For percussion quartet, flute, recorded voice and video
PERCUSSION ART QUARTET | BURKHARD STEIN |
ARTURO FUENTES | CARLOS FUENTES
Duration: 30 min.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition and sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Based on the book La frontera de cristal, chapter La raya del olvido by the mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)
Performed by: Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), Burkhard Stein, flute
Recorded voice: Carlos Fuentes
Conductor: Pablo Varela
Video production: Irais Verástegui
Cast video: Fernando Bettancourt, Nelly Lozano
Premiere:
7th of April 2001
Osterfestival Tirol, Austria
Produced by: Osterfestival Tirol
Storyline: The last night of a paraplegic man, abandoned by his family on the border between Mexico and USA.
Edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
links: Score LondonHall Editions
2001- staged concert
For percussion quartet, flute, recorded voice and video
PERCUSSION ART QUARTET | BURKHARD STEIN |
ARTURO FUENTES | CARLOS FUENTES
Duration: 30 min.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition and sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Based on the book La frontera de cristal, chapter La raya del olvido by the mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)
Performed by: Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), Burkhard Stein, flute
Recorded voice: Carlos Fuentes
Conductor: Pablo Varela
Video production: Irais Verástegui
Cast video: Fernando Bettancourt, Nelly Lozano
Premiere:
7th of April 2001
Osterfestival Tirol, Austria
Produced by: Osterfestival Tirol
Storyline: The last night of a paraplegic man, abandoned by his family on the border between Mexico and USA.
Edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
links: Score LondonHall Editions
LINE OF OBLIVION link
2010- dance, music theater
For two bass clarinets, viola d'amore, dancer and actor
(video, mouvement sensors, electronic music)
JOJIINC | ARTURO FUENTES| JOHANNE SAUNIER | ICTUS ENSEMBLE
FRANÇOIS BEUKELAERS | GARTH KNOX
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Jim Clayburgh
Lighting: Jim Clayburgh
Direction: Jim Clayburgh
Sound design: Marc Doutrepont
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Production assistant: Pierre-Laurent Boudet
Video production: Irais Verástegui
Based on the book La frontera de cristal, chapter La raya del olvido by the mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)
Performed by: Benjamin Dieltjens, Dirk Descheemaeker and Ricardo Matarredona, bass clarinets (Ictus ensemble). Garth Knox, viola d'amore
Dance and choreography: Johanne Saunier
Actor: François Beukelaers
Recorded voice: Carlos Fuentes
Premiere:
21 - 25 Sept 2010: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique)
17 -18 Nov 2010: Espace Des Arts - Scène Nationale de Chalon Sur Saône (France)
19 - 20 Nov 2010: Amphithéâtre de Pont de Claix - Festival 38e Rugissants (Grenoble - France)
01 Mars 2011: Les Hivernales (Avignon - France)
Produced by: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique), CECN (Mons - Belgique), Scène Nationale de Cavaillon (Fr), Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saône (Fr), Osterfestival Tirol (Innsbruck - Autriche). Avec le soutien du Ministère de La Culture de la Communauté Française de Belgique. Résidences de création: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique), Espace de Arts, Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saône (Fr)
Executive producer: jojiinc.org
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Storyline: The last night of a paraplegic man, abandoned by his family on the border between Mexico and USA.
2010- dance, music theater
For two bass clarinets, viola d'amore, dancer and actor
(video, mouvement sensors, electronic music)
JOJIINC | ARTURO FUENTES| JOHANNE SAUNIER | ICTUS ENSEMBLE
FRANÇOIS BEUKELAERS | GARTH KNOX
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Jim Clayburgh
Lighting: Jim Clayburgh
Direction: Jim Clayburgh
Sound design: Marc Doutrepont
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Production assistant: Pierre-Laurent Boudet
Video production: Irais Verástegui
Based on the book La frontera de cristal, chapter La raya del olvido by the mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)
Performed by: Benjamin Dieltjens, Dirk Descheemaeker and Ricardo Matarredona, bass clarinets (Ictus ensemble). Garth Knox, viola d'amore
Dance and choreography: Johanne Saunier
Actor: François Beukelaers
Recorded voice: Carlos Fuentes
Premiere:
21 - 25 Sept 2010: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique)
17 -18 Nov 2010: Espace Des Arts - Scène Nationale de Chalon Sur Saône (France)
19 - 20 Nov 2010: Amphithéâtre de Pont de Claix - Festival 38e Rugissants (Grenoble - France)
01 Mars 2011: Les Hivernales (Avignon - France)
Produced by: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique), CECN (Mons - Belgique), Scène Nationale de Cavaillon (Fr), Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saône (Fr), Osterfestival Tirol (Innsbruck - Autriche). Avec le soutien du Ministère de La Culture de la Communauté Française de Belgique. Résidences de création: Théâtre Les Tanneurs (Bruxelles - Belgique), Espace de Arts, Scène Nationale de Chalon sur Saône (Fr)
Executive producer: jojiinc.org
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Storyline: The last night of a paraplegic man, abandoned by his family on the border between Mexico and USA.
HYMNE 80 link
2010 - performance for narrator, sensors, live video and electronics
ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 25 min.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Performance: Arturo Fuentes
Staging: Arturo Fuentes
Software programming: Ji Youn Kang
Based on: Hymne an Lesbierinnen by the Austrian writer Gerhard Rühm
Premiere:
21 August. Rattenberg am Inn, Austria
Avantgarde Festival
Malerwinkel Saal Schlossberg [20:00]
3rd European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2010
HYMNE 80 [selected piece]
2010 - performance for narrator, sensors, live video and electronics
ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 25 min.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Performance: Arturo Fuentes
Staging: Arturo Fuentes
Software programming: Ji Youn Kang
Based on: Hymne an Lesbierinnen by the Austrian writer Gerhard Rühm
Premiere:
21 August. Rattenberg am Inn, Austria
Avantgarde Festival
Malerwinkel Saal Schlossberg [20:00]
3rd European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2010
HYMNE 80 [selected piece]
GRACE NOTE link
2012- dance, music theater
For ensemble and dancers
(electronics, recorded voices, acting)
PHACE | LIQUID LOFT | CHRIS HARING
ARTURO FUENTES | GÜNTER BRUS
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Chris Haring, Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Thomas Jelinek
Direction: Chris Haring, Arturo Fuentes
Sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Sound direction, recording and mastering: Alfred Reiter
Production Liquid Loft: Marlies Pucher
Original texts from: Italo Calvino, Six Memos for a New Millenium (1988)
Performed by: Lars Mlekusch, saxophone; Berndt Thurner, percussion; Roland Schueler, cello; Maximilian Ölz, double bass
Dance and choreography: Luke Baio, Stephanie Cumming, Ian Garside
Text and voice: Günter Brus
Premiere: October 31 (wp), November 1, 3, 2012. Vienna. Wien Modern – Tanzquartier Halle G. 20:30
Other performances: April 12, 2014. Concertgebouw. Brugge
Produced by: A production by PHACE, in co-production with Tanzquartier Wien and WIEN MODERN in collaboration with the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology Zürich and Liquid Loft, supported by Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien & bm:ukk
Executive producer: PHACE link
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Storyline: To composer Arturo Fuentes, the human body when expressed through dance and theatre becomes a sonic map on which different rhythms and tempos follow their paths. “Will the ability to evoke images in the absence of objects continue to develop in an environment where humanity is continuously subjected to a flood of prefabricated images?” Italo Calvino.
Photos: Markus Sepperer
DVD production: KAIROS, Paladino Music 2015 link
2012- dance, music theater
For ensemble and dancers
(electronics, recorded voices, acting)
PHACE | LIQUID LOFT | CHRIS HARING
ARTURO FUENTES | GÜNTER BRUS
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Chris Haring, Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Thomas Jelinek
Direction: Chris Haring, Arturo Fuentes
Sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Sound direction, recording and mastering: Alfred Reiter
Production Liquid Loft: Marlies Pucher
Original texts from: Italo Calvino, Six Memos for a New Millenium (1988)
Performed by: Lars Mlekusch, saxophone; Berndt Thurner, percussion; Roland Schueler, cello; Maximilian Ölz, double bass
Dance and choreography: Luke Baio, Stephanie Cumming, Ian Garside
Text and voice: Günter Brus
Premiere: October 31 (wp), November 1, 3, 2012. Vienna. Wien Modern – Tanzquartier Halle G. 20:30
Other performances: April 12, 2014. Concertgebouw. Brugge
Produced by: A production by PHACE, in co-production with Tanzquartier Wien and WIEN MODERN in collaboration with the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology Zürich and Liquid Loft, supported by Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien & bm:ukk
Executive producer: PHACE link
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Storyline: To composer Arturo Fuentes, the human body when expressed through dance and theatre becomes a sonic map on which different rhythms and tempos follow their paths. “Will the ability to evoke images in the absence of objects continue to develop in an environment where humanity is continuously subjected to a flood of prefabricated images?” Italo Calvino.
Photos: Markus Sepperer
DVD production: KAIROS, Paladino Music 2015 link
MUSIQUE DES ÊTRES IMAGINAIRES link
2015-16 - Staged concert
For ensemble
Fiction-concert for musicians, automats and electronics
(Concert-fiction pour musiciens, automates et électronique)
UNITED INSTRUMENTS OF LUCILIN | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design, electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Production Lucilin: Virginia Flores
Music inspired by: The poems « Arte poética » and « Manual de zoología fantástica » written by Jorge Luis Borges.
Performed by: United Instruments of Lucilin. For flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
Premiere: 13 April 2016. Luxembourg. Philharmonie de Luxembourg link. Ensemble Lucilin link
Other performances: 13 June 2016. Viena, Austria. Wiener Konzerthaus, Festival Bridges link
Theatre musical "Musique des êtres imaginaires" Austrian première. Ensemble Lucilin link
Produced by: United Instruments of Lucilin, Philharmonie Luxembourg
Executive producer: United Instruments of Lucilin
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Commissioned by: United Instruments of Lucilin, Philharmonie Luxembourg, with the friendly support of the Siemens Foundation. With the support of Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg.
Storyline: Music of imaginary beings is a performance created by the musicians. In a concert-like situation, they interact with all the machinery that is on stage: light, sound, instruments and scenography. The public attends a musical theatre whose main character is not on stage: Borges, blind; but one can imagine Borges, seating on a chair at the centre of his chaotic universe and can hear his voice, distorted while reading his poems.
Music of imaginary beings is inspired by this great Argentinian author on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death (14 juin 1986, Genève).
Photos and video: Arturo Fuentes
Links: Lucilin Ensemble
2015-16 - Staged concert
For ensemble
Fiction-concert for musicians, automats and electronics
(Concert-fiction pour musiciens, automates et électronique)
UNITED INSTRUMENTS OF LUCILIN | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design, electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Production Lucilin: Virginia Flores
Music inspired by: The poems « Arte poética » and « Manual de zoología fantástica » written by Jorge Luis Borges.
Performed by: United Instruments of Lucilin. For flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
Premiere: 13 April 2016. Luxembourg. Philharmonie de Luxembourg link. Ensemble Lucilin link
Other performances: 13 June 2016. Viena, Austria. Wiener Konzerthaus, Festival Bridges link
Theatre musical "Musique des êtres imaginaires" Austrian première. Ensemble Lucilin link
Produced by: United Instruments of Lucilin, Philharmonie Luxembourg
Executive producer: United Instruments of Lucilin
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Commissioned by: United Instruments of Lucilin, Philharmonie Luxembourg, with the friendly support of the Siemens Foundation. With the support of Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg.
Storyline: Music of imaginary beings is a performance created by the musicians. In a concert-like situation, they interact with all the machinery that is on stage: light, sound, instruments and scenography. The public attends a musical theatre whose main character is not on stage: Borges, blind; but one can imagine Borges, seating on a chair at the centre of his chaotic universe and can hear his voice, distorted while reading his poems.
Music of imaginary beings is inspired by this great Argentinian author on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death (14 juin 1986, Genève).
Photos and video: Arturo Fuentes
Links: Lucilin Ensemble
WHATEVER WORKS link
2016 - Music theatre, opera
Satirische Oper (for voices ensemble and electronics)
NETZZEIT | PHACE ENSEMBLE |SIMEON PIRENKOF
MANUELA KERER | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Music composition: Manuela Kerer, Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Michael Scheidl
Libreto: Dimitré Dinev
Lighting: Norbert Joachim
Dramaturgie: Ilse Schneider
Direction: Michael Scheidl
Electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Scenography: Nora Scheidl
Performed by: Phace Ensemble
Conductor: Simeon Pironkoff
Sarah Maria Sun (Sopran), Shira Karmon (Sopran), Belinda Loukota (Hosenrolle/Sopran),
Stefan Bleiberschnig (Tenor), Martin Busen (Bass), Vasily Khoroshev (Countertenor),
Bibiana Nwobilo (Sopran), John Sweeney (Bass)
Premiere: 7, 8, 12 November 2015. Vienna. Festival Wien Modern, Rabenhof Theater
Other performances: 1, 3 April 2016. Bozen, Italy. OPER.A 20.21
Produced by: Netzzeit, OPER.A 20.21
Executive producer: Netzzeit
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Commissioned by: Netzzeit
Link Netzzeit: Whatever Works
Storyline: Ein allseits bekanntes und vielbeklagtes politisches Phänomen steht im Mittelpunkt der satirischen Oper „Whatever Works“: Wenn ein öffentlicher Bedarf an die Politik herangetragen wird, führt dies nach dem obligaten Durchlaufen der politischen und verwaltungstechnischen Organisations- und Anpassungsprozesse oft zu einem Resultat, das mit dem ursprünglich angesprochenen Bedarf nichts mehr zu tun hat. Dimitré Dinev zeigt in seinem Libretto, wie man Katastrophenhilfe zur Karrierehilfe umfunktionieren kann und was man dazu braucht: Drei Staatslimousinen, deren Chauffeure Hilfsgüter in die Dritte Welt transportieren, für die dort niemand Verwendung hat, und einen Chor, der regelmäßig den Applaus für die sinnlosen Taten der beiden Karrierefrauen abliefert.
2016 - Music theatre, opera
Satirische Oper (for voices ensemble and electronics)
NETZZEIT | PHACE ENSEMBLE |SIMEON PIRENKOF
MANUELA KERER | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Music composition: Manuela Kerer, Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Michael Scheidl
Libreto: Dimitré Dinev
Lighting: Norbert Joachim
Dramaturgie: Ilse Schneider
Direction: Michael Scheidl
Electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Scenography: Nora Scheidl
Performed by: Phace Ensemble
Conductor: Simeon Pironkoff
Sarah Maria Sun (Sopran), Shira Karmon (Sopran), Belinda Loukota (Hosenrolle/Sopran),
Stefan Bleiberschnig (Tenor), Martin Busen (Bass), Vasily Khoroshev (Countertenor),
Bibiana Nwobilo (Sopran), John Sweeney (Bass)
Premiere: 7, 8, 12 November 2015. Vienna. Festival Wien Modern, Rabenhof Theater
Other performances: 1, 3 April 2016. Bozen, Italy. OPER.A 20.21
Produced by: Netzzeit, OPER.A 20.21
Executive producer: Netzzeit
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Commissioned by: Netzzeit
Link Netzzeit: Whatever Works
Storyline: Ein allseits bekanntes und vielbeklagtes politisches Phänomen steht im Mittelpunkt der satirischen Oper „Whatever Works“: Wenn ein öffentlicher Bedarf an die Politik herangetragen wird, führt dies nach dem obligaten Durchlaufen der politischen und verwaltungstechnischen Organisations- und Anpassungsprozesse oft zu einem Resultat, das mit dem ursprünglich angesprochenen Bedarf nichts mehr zu tun hat. Dimitré Dinev zeigt in seinem Libretto, wie man Katastrophenhilfe zur Karrierehilfe umfunktionieren kann und was man dazu braucht: Drei Staatslimousinen, deren Chauffeure Hilfsgüter in die Dritte Welt transportieren, für die dort niemand Verwendung hat, und einen Chor, der regelmäßig den Applaus für die sinnlosen Taten der beiden Karrierefrauen abliefert.
THE CULT OF PERSONALITY link
2018 - dance, music theater
For bass clarinet, drummer and two dancers
(live video and electronics)
ARTURO FUENTES | EVA & ANNA MÜLLER
DIEGO ESPINOZA | LUIS MORA
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Improvised music: Diego Espinoza, Luis Mora
Choreography: Eva & Anna Müller
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Performed by: Eva & Anna Müller (dance), Diego Espinoza, Luis Mora (music)
Recorded voices: Internet sites
Premiere:
18 - 19 September 2018. Foro experimental José Luis Ibáñez
UNAM, México. Festival Vértice
Produced by: Arturo Fuentes, Festival Vértice, Lightness Theater Innsbruck
Executive producer: Festival Vértice
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Festival Vertice Link
Storyline: The cult of personality” (El culto a la personalidad) del compositor y director de escena Arturo Fuentes plantea un tema que afecta a la sociedad actual ¿Qué pasa con nuestra identidad al entrar en contacto con las redes sociales y la tecnología digital? Dos cuerpos en el escenario se unen y forman entre ellos seres amorfos que en ocasiones se llenan de belleza, de gracia y de levedad. El escenario es como la cámara obscura donde se revelan las fotos de nuestra personalidad, almacenada en el vacío digital del selfie. En este espectáculo el video, los sonidos electrónicos, el set de iluminación, los músicos en vivo y las bailarinas, recrean el lugar inexistente donde hemos perdida nuestra personalidad: somos hombres sin nombre y animales con instintos digitales.
2018 - dance, music theater
For bass clarinet, drummer and two dancers
(live video and electronics)
ARTURO FUENTES | EVA & ANNA MÜLLER
DIEGO ESPINOZA | LUIS MORA
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Improvised music: Diego Espinoza, Luis Mora
Choreography: Eva & Anna Müller
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Performed by: Eva & Anna Müller (dance), Diego Espinoza, Luis Mora (music)
Recorded voices: Internet sites
Premiere:
18 - 19 September 2018. Foro experimental José Luis Ibáñez
UNAM, México. Festival Vértice
Produced by: Arturo Fuentes, Festival Vértice, Lightness Theater Innsbruck
Executive producer: Festival Vértice
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Festival Vertice Link
Storyline: The cult of personality” (El culto a la personalidad) del compositor y director de escena Arturo Fuentes plantea un tema que afecta a la sociedad actual ¿Qué pasa con nuestra identidad al entrar en contacto con las redes sociales y la tecnología digital? Dos cuerpos en el escenario se unen y forman entre ellos seres amorfos que en ocasiones se llenan de belleza, de gracia y de levedad. El escenario es como la cámara obscura donde se revelan las fotos de nuestra personalidad, almacenada en el vacío digital del selfie. En este espectáculo el video, los sonidos electrónicos, el set de iluminación, los músicos en vivo y las bailarinas, recrean el lugar inexistente donde hemos perdida nuestra personalidad: somos hombres sin nombre y animales con instintos digitales.
LA HABITACIÓN DE CARLOTA
(Carlota’s Bedroom)
2019 - opera monodrama
For soprano, actress and chamber orchestra
(video and electronics)
ARTURO FUENTES | SARAH MARIA SUN | SANDRA VICTORIA AGUILAR
ENSEMBLE VÉRTICE | CHRISTIAN GOHMER
Duration: 1 hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Script and libreto: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition and sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting and stage advice: Jim Clayburgh
Audio direction and recording: Andrés Solís
Costume design: Arturo Fuentes, Eva Praxmarer
Dress painting: Günter Brus
Based on the book Noticias del imperio by the Mexican writer Fernando del Paso (1935-2018)
Performed by: Ensamble Vértice
Conductor: Christian Gohmer
Soprano and acting: Sarah Maria Sun
Actress: Sandra Victoria Aguilar
Mexican Premiere:
19th and 20th October 2019
Festival Vértice, UNAM.
Sala Covarrubias
Executive producer: Festival Vértice
Producer: Marisa de León
Storyline: Carlota of Belgium, Empress of Mexico, sings her lament of love and oblivion. Locked in her castle for 60 years, she goes crazy writing letters to Maximilian.
Edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Film recorded and produced by TV UNAM
(Carlota’s Bedroom)
2019 - opera monodrama
For soprano, actress and chamber orchestra
(video and electronics)
ARTURO FUENTES | SARAH MARIA SUN | SANDRA VICTORIA AGUILAR
ENSEMBLE VÉRTICE | CHRISTIAN GOHMER
Duration: 1 hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Script and libreto: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition and sound design: Arturo Fuentes
Video direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting and stage advice: Jim Clayburgh
Audio direction and recording: Andrés Solís
Costume design: Arturo Fuentes, Eva Praxmarer
Dress painting: Günter Brus
Based on the book Noticias del imperio by the Mexican writer Fernando del Paso (1935-2018)
Performed by: Ensamble Vértice
Conductor: Christian Gohmer
Soprano and acting: Sarah Maria Sun
Actress: Sandra Victoria Aguilar
Mexican Premiere:
19th and 20th October 2019
Festival Vértice, UNAM.
Sala Covarrubias
Executive producer: Festival Vértice
Producer: Marisa de León
Storyline: Carlota of Belgium, Empress of Mexico, sings her lament of love and oblivion. Locked in her castle for 60 years, she goes crazy writing letters to Maximilian.
Edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
Film recorded and produced by TV UNAM
GITARROLLELEPIPED link
an extended guitar quartet
2021 - Staged concert
staged concert for a microtonal guitar quartet and 28 performers
(prepared guitars, wine glasses, electronic sounds, recorded voices and lights)
ALEPH GITARRENQUARTETT | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design, electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Performed by: Aleph Gitarrenquartett, Arturo Fuentes (electronics)
Premiere: 2021
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
an extended guitar quartet
2021 - Staged concert
staged concert for a microtonal guitar quartet and 28 performers
(prepared guitars, wine glasses, electronic sounds, recorded voices and lights)
ALEPH GITARRENQUARTETT | ARTURO FUENTES
Duration: 1hr.
Original idea: Arturo Fuentes
Music composition: Arturo Fuentes
Stage direction: Arturo Fuentes
Lighting: Arturo Fuentes
Direction: Arturo Fuentes
Sound design, electronics: Arturo Fuentes
Performed by: Aleph Gitarrenquartett, Arturo Fuentes (electronics)
Premiere: 2021
Music score edited by: LondonHall Editions, Austria
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