Black on White. Episode 47
In March 1958, Lisbon welcomed Maria Callas for a performance that would become known as the “legendary Lisbon Traviata.” Before the performance, a television reporter managed to obtain a brief interview.
"It's not an ancient art," exclaims Vasco Mendonça in a new series: Opera. Now
The Portuguese composer serves as guide in a series that demystifies the cliché of an anachronistic, elitist art. Premiering this Monday on RTP2, it takes viewers on a journey to the heart of contemporary opera.
Vasco Mendonça series on contemporary opera to premiere on RTP2, Mezzo and Medici.tv
The television documentary series about contemporary opera, “Opera. Now”, written and directed by composer Vasco Mendonça, premieres on 5 January on RTP2, which co-produced it with the French channel Mezzo and the streaming platform Medici.tv.
Luísa Todi Festival premieres Portuguese-language version of a Mozart opera
This year, the festival programme will also have a second part in the summer.
Patti, the 19th-century Rosalía who set Lisbon alight
There were months of uproar and very expensive tickets that sold out in 48 hours. One hundred and forty years before Rosalía, after cholera and the quarantine, Patti, the 19th-century diva, polarised the capital in 1886.
