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Duas árias, uma oportunidade – segundo dia

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O Conservatório de Música de Cascais acorda novamente com o mesmo som de véspera: vozes que aquecem, frases que se repetem, corpos que procuram a concentração antes da hora. É o segundo dia de provas do Cascais Ópera 2026, e a miscelânea é a mesma, mas os rostos são outros.

Hoje são onze. Onze candidatos que passaram os últimos dias a ensaiar, observar, a ouvir, a tentar não deixar que a espera os desgaste. Enquanto os vinte e oito colegas atuavam ontem, eles esperavam a sua vez. Agora chegou.

Duas árias. O mesmo formato, as mesmas regras, o mesmo júri do outro lado. Mas cada voz é um mundo diferente, cada escolha de repertório, uma declaração de intenções. Há quem tenha passado a noite a dormir pouco e a rever tudo mentalmente. Há quem prefira não pensar e deixar que o corpo faça o que sabe. Não existe uma forma certa de chegar a este momento, existe apenas chegar.

Júri do Cascais Ópera. Primeiras provas. Imagem: João Figueiredo

Com estes onze, fica completo o quadro dos trinta e nove candidatos que chegaram a Cascais vindos de vinte e cinco países. E agora, ao longo destes dois dias, todos tiveram o seu momento diante do júri. O processo está feito. O que resta é a decisão.

Ao final do dia de hoje, os nomes dos semifinalistas serão anunciados. Para trinta e nove cantores, é o momento em que o caminho se divide — e recomeça. De uma forma ou de outra.

E caberá ao júri constituído por Sergei Leiferkus, Antonio Pirolli, Benjamin Schwartz, Catarina Sereno, Colin Brush, Florian Köfler, Fredrik Andersson, Ivan van Kalmthout, Juliane Banse, Karen Stone, e María Bayo …. decidir quem passa ….

As vozes continuam.

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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.

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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.

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