Elisabete Matos, Maciej Pikulski and Pedro Ribeiro

Female Dreamlike: Your gaze upon me

9:30 p.m. Main Room

15€ / Pentágono Card 7,5€ Ages 6+

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This encounter between music and words, between dream and presence, is a celebration of the female universe seen through the eyes of another. Three renowned artists: soprano Elisabete Matos, pianist Maciej Pikulski, and director Pedro Ribeiro, collaborate on a programme that reflects on the imagery of song through works spanning more than a century of musical creation, from Romanticism to the 20th century. From Adelbert von Chamisso’s poem Love and the Life of Women, which inspired Robert Schumann’s famous cycle, to Berta Alves de Sousa, Fernando Lopes-Graça, and Astor Piazzolla, the repertoire traces a path through different eras and cultures that define the female dream world.

Elisabete Matos, whose international career has taken her to the most prestigious stages in the world, lends her powerful voice to Maciej Pikulski, an internationally renowned pianist of unique talent, to create the perfect foundation for her voice to resonate. Completing this artistic triangle is Pedro Ribeiro, an opera director with an innovative vision and an undeniable talent for creating scenic environments that elevate the musical experience to new heights.

How my heart beats so anxiously and gladly!
If only I could put it into words;
Come, and hide your face here on my breast,
So I may whisper my joy into your ear.
– A. von Chamisso

Credits
Soprano Elisabete Matos
Pianist Maciej Pikulski
Director Pedro Ribeiro

Programme
R. Schumann
Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42 (Women’s Love and Life) – 1840
Poems by Adelbert von Chamisso (1830) | 23’

Amy Beach
Hermit Thrush at Eve Op.92 | 1921 | (PianoSolo) | 4’45”

F. Lopes-Graça
Marcha Quase Fúnebre Op.18 | 1935 | Poem: Carlos Queiroz | 2’55”
O Menino da sua mãe Op.21 | 1936 | Poem: Fernando Pessoa | 6’45”

X.Montsalvatge
Canción de Cuna para Dormir un Negrito | 1945 | Poem: Ildefonso Valdés | 3’05”

Berta Alves de Sousa
Canção Marinha | 1949 | Poem: Teixeira de Pascoaes | 2’00’’
Há no Meu Peito uma Porta | 1949 | Poem: José Albano | 2’00’’

J.Braga Santos
In a Forest Inhabited by Nymphs | 1958 | Poem: Luís de Camões | 2’10’

A.Piazzolla
Ballad for a Madman | 1969 | Text: Horacio Ferrer | 4’20’’

Duration 70 minutes

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Elisabete Matos is an internationally renowned soprano, born in Caldas das Taipas (Portugal). She made her debut at the Coliseu do Porto and quickly reached world stages such as the Hamburg Opera and the Teatro Real in Madrid. Acclaimed by critics, she was awarded a Grammy and decorated as Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique. Elisabete Matos was also the first woman to direct the São Carlos National Theater.

Maciej Pikulski is an internationally renowned solo pianist, chamber musician, and accompanist. He is particularly known for his intense collaboration with world-renowned singers such as José van Dam, Renée Fleming, and Thomas Hampson. He has recorded 16 CDs/DVDs and teaches in Paris, San Sebastián, and at the Warsaw Opera Academy, where he is praised for his “poetic sensibility” and “powerful technique.”

Pedro Ribeiro is a stage director, set designer, and costume designer from Porto. From 2004 to 2011, he worked with the Porto Puppet Theater and since 2011 he has been collaborating with the Royal Opera House in London, where his productions have been acclaimed by the international press. Pedro Ribeiro has worked as an assistant to great directors and has directed singers such as Plácido Domingo and Jonas Kaufmann.