Dreaming the Carnival of the Animals
From the musical work Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy, and The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-SaënsPremio Nacional de Teatro para la infancia y la juventud 2014 Ξ Premio Prestigio Turístico Nacional
Show premiered December 2004 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
We imagine the dream of a faun, who’s dreaming of animals from Africa, Asia, and Australia — swimmers, fliers, big, small, slow, fast, prehistoric, farm; she even dreams of an orchestra. She dreams of music, music that makes us dream. We imagine an orchestra and a concert and we dream of C. Debussy and C. Saint-Saëns. We find ourselves in reality, a performance invaded by humor and poetry, by animals that emerge from music played by eleven animal musicians who perform fifteen pieces wrapped in musical fantasy. A chain of surprises no more logical than that of dreams, no other reason than the music itself, a number of animals without much more. We dream ourselves awake, immersed in a magical atmosphere. We imagine… What a carnival!
Enrique Lanz
Artistic file:
Dramaturgy, set design, puppetry and staging: Enrique Lanz
Music assistant: María Doménech (A.I.I.)
Music assistant: Oriol Algueró
Coproduction: Etcétera y el Gran Teatre del Liceu, con la colaboración de la Junta de Andalucía
Musical: Preludio a la siesta de un fauno, de Claude Debussy con arreglos de Arnold Schönberg. “El carnaval de los animales. Gran fantasía zoológica”, de Camille Saint-Saëns.
Puppet actors: Noemí Galindo, Enrique Lanz, Leo Lanz, Sara Martínez, Yanisbel Martínez
Puppet making, sets, and videos: Enrique Lanz, Irene Santos, José Rodríguez, Elisa Ramos, Claudio Vegal, Antonio Román, Gabriel Ferrigno, Eva Garruti, Álvaro Ortega, Joaquín Casanova.
Show features:
Audience: All audiences from 3 years
Time: 45 min.
Music: live orchestra. Check with the company
Format: large
Show premiered: December 2004 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
