1993 | Grupo Circo Branco | São Paulo/Recife | SP/PE | Length: 1h

Auto da Paixão: 12 Cânticos de Amor e Morte [Auto of Passion: 12 Canticles of Love and Death]

The stage performance Auto da Paixão: 12 Cânticos de Amor e Morte arose from the exposure of sculptural works byRomero de Andrade Lima in an art gallery of an old house from the district of Jardins, São Paulo. It was created a rite concerning the path to observe the decorated retables with moments of Jesus Christ’s life, in which twelve shepherdesses walk in the streets and the ambiance of the gallery confers theatricality to the act of observing. The rite is still performed, with a repertoire based on the spirit concerning the cordel literature and the musicality of pamphlets from popular novelists of the northeast of the country. It comprises the sonority of musical exercises which served to the Armorial Movement, inaugurated by Ariano Suassuna, and which evoked the memory of Lima.

Concept and direction Romero de Andrade Lima
Musical direction Renata Mattar
Costumes Luciana Buarque
Stagehand Maria Cristina (Foquinha)
Assistant producer Tico, Severino, Carlos and Celso
Singing and castAlexandre Faria, Edna Aguiar, Lelena Anhaia, Lígia Veiga, Mírian Maria, Mônica Nassif, Nina Blauth, Simone Julian, Tata Fernandez, Georigia Branco, Mario Augusto Togniazzolo e Raul Barreto

 

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