O Cascais Ópera – Concurso Internacional de Canto tem como missão impulsionar novas vozes no mundo da ópera, criando oportunidades de crescimento artístico e de projeção internacional para os participantes.
A elevada qualidade desta edição tornou a competição particularmente exigente, pelo que, embora apenas alguns avancem para a final, o talento de muitos outros merece ser ouvido. O Concerto de Semifinalistas surge precisamente com esse objetivo: proporcionar-lhes um palco privilegiado, onde possam apresentar-se em contexto de concerto, sem a pressão competitiva.
Mais do que um concurso, o Cascais Ópera afirma-se como uma plataforma de descoberta e desenvolvimento de carreiras, comprometida com o apoio a jovens talentos e com a celebração das grandes vozes do futuro, assinalando simultaneamente os 270 anos do nascimento de Mozart.
| Finalist | Composer | Opera | Aria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestra | Giuseppe Verdi | Abertura | La Forza del Destino |
| Orchestra | Giuseppe Verdi | Abertura | La Forza del Destino |
| Orchestra | Giuseppe Verdi | Abertura | La Forza del Destino |
| Orchestra | Giuseppe Verdi | Abertura | La Forza del Destino |
| Orchestra | Giuseppe Verdi | Abertura | La Forza del Destino |
Over the past three decades, primarily in London, Portugal and Amsterdam, Dr Jorge Balça
has developed a strong portfolio of work and a unique combination of skillsets – as a stage
director (of theatre, opera, and hybrid forms), a teacher and workshop leader, a presentation
skills, acting and creativity coach, and practice-based researcher. His work in all these
domains is distinguished by his commitment to and skill in making fantasy and invention
emerge from precise knowledge and training – and by his ability to inspire a similar alchemy
in his collaborators.
Classically trained as an actor and countertenor, he studied theatre directing in London and
Moscow, specialising in Shakespeare, techniques of adaptation, Meyerhold and commedia
dell’arte. Jorge also holds a PhD exploring the dramatic training of opera performers.
With a love for site-specific projects and collaborative forms, and an equal flair for comedy
and drama, his work is dramaturgically inventive, visually striking, and physically engaged.
He was the artistic director of Bloomsbury Opera and associate director of The Opera
Makers, both in London. In Portugal, he has recently directed L’Heure Espagnole and The
Turn of the Screw at Centro Cultural de Belém, and Don Giovanni and La Voix Humaine at
Festival de Ópera de Óbidos.
Jorge is committed to his work as a teacher, having taught at the Dutch National Opera
Academy, Morley College London, Universidade de Évora and other institutions. He
maintains an international coaching private practice and is the acting coach at the Neil
Semer Vocal Institute in Italy.
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Over the past three decades, primarily in London, Portugal and Amsterdam, Dr Jorge Balça
has developed a strong portfolio of work and a unique combination of skillsets – as a stage
director (of theatre, opera, and hybrid forms), a teacher and workshop leader, a presentation
skills, acting and creativity coach, and practice-based researcher. His work in all these
domains is distinguished by his commitment to and skill in making fantasy and invention
emerge from precise knowledge and training – and by his ability to inspire a similar alchemy
in his collaborators.
Classically trained as an actor and countertenor, he studied theatre directing in London and
Moscow, specialising in Shakespeare, techniques of adaptation, Meyerhold and commedia
dell’arte. Jorge also holds a PhD exploring the dramatic training of opera performers.
With a love for site-specific projects and collaborative forms, and an equal flair for comedy
and drama, his work is dramaturgically inventive, visually striking, and physically engaged.
He was the artistic director of Bloomsbury Opera and associate director of The Opera
Makers, both in London. In Portugal, he has recently directed L’Heure Espagnole and The
Turn of the Screw at Centro Cultural de Belém, and Don Giovanni and La Voix Humaine at
Festival de Ópera de Óbidos.
Jorge is committed to his work as a teacher, having taught at the Dutch National Opera
Academy, Morley College London, Universidade de Évora and other institutions. He
maintains an international coaching private practice and is the acting coach at the Neil
Semer Vocal Institute in Italy.