José Cura (official)
October 20
It is with big humility but enormous
pride that I announce the World Premiere
of my Stabat Mater next October 31st
in Cesky Budejovice. The Stabat Mater
is part of a longer oratorio, written
in 1987, one year before the birth of
my first child. It has never been performed
until now, when my friend Mario De Rose
and his Theater told me they would love
to perform some of my early compositions.
I am trembling with expectations and
curiosity, since almost 30 years has
passed since I wrote The Stabat Mater
and with them, lots of things has changed
in my way of composing. Thanks to Mario
and his ensemble for this very special
moment in my life.
Cura’s
Stabat
Mater
will debut
in
Ceske Budejovice
Blesk
October 25, 2014
[Gist translation]
The world premiere
of Stabat
Mater, the work of
composer, singer
and conductor
José
Cura, will be heard
Friday. It
will be presented as part of an evening
of music for souls at the Cathedral
of St Nicholas in
České
Budějovice
before the public holiday for the dead,
performed under the baton of
the music director
of the Opera
Theatre of South Bohemia,
Maria
De
Rose.
“This original program consists
of two spiritual songs that are separated
by more than 220 years by composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
and José Cura (1962 -),” said Bohemian
Theatre
director
Jiří
Šestá
The
Mozart Requiem is one of the most beautiful
masses for the dead in the history of
music and also the most mysterious song
of this kind, a magnificent reflection
on the transience of life’s journey.
The work of tenor José Cura was inspired
by one the Catholic Liturgy sequences
attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone
da Todi; the
sorrowful words express the mother’s
pain over the loss of her son.
“The composition of the Stabat Mater
is part of a larger oratorio by Cura,
Ecce homo.
The date on the sheet music bears the
date of 1988 so it is a work of a twenty-six
year old composer,” said Šesták.
The concert will
take place
in the presence of
composer Cura on
October 31, starting
at 19:30.
José Cura will be at the premiere of
his
composition
in České Budějovice
Jihoceske Divadlo
Markéta Jůzová and František Řihout
23 October 2014
[Gist translation]
On the eve of the Feast of the Dead,
on Friday, 31 October 2014 at 1930 at
St Nicholas Cathedral, will be an original
performance of music for the soul under
the baton of Music Director Mario de
Rose consisting of two spiritual works—the
Requiem by W A Mozart and the Stabat
Mater by world famous opera star José
Cura, who will personally take part
in the festive event.
[…]
World famous Argentine tenor José Cura
has used his charisma, talent, performance
skills and directness to wins the hearts
of audience and critics alike.
Following the study of composition and
conducting in Argentina, work in the
chorus and a move to Italy, he made
his extraordinary debut at the age of
30 in Verona. In his dazzling
career he has sung on many famous stages,
including the Metropolitan Opera in
New York, the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, in London, La Scala and the
Vienna State Opera. In the music
world, he is nicknamed the “King of
Versimo,” embodies many of opera’s greatest
roles and is considered one of the best
tenors of his generation. Cura has become
a musical icon of the 21st
century and has expanded significantly
into the world culture not only as a
singer but also as a conductor, a photography,
a guitar player, a director, a stage
designer and last but not least, a composer.
We in the Czech Republic will be the
first to witness the birth of the presentation
of Cura’s Stabat Mater composition,
inspired by one of the most important
sequences of the Catholic liturgy.
The author of the text from the 13th
century is believed to have been Jacopone
da Todi, an Italian Franciscan, lawyer
and poet. Cura set the music
very carefully and with great understanding.
The song has special expressive force
and meditative concentration.
It has an inner depth and melodic sweetness.
Despite the fragile moments of silence
the piece culminates in majestic dimension,
in which the mournful and painful emotions
swell into the celebratory singing of
Gloria.
José Cura is the composer of a more
extensive oratorio Ecce homo / Behold
the man, which he composed at the
age of 26. Part of that oratorio
– the Stabat Mater – is being present
at this world premiere. The well-known
biblical statement from the Roman prefect
Pontius Pilate, ecce homo, addressed
Jesus prior to his execution and has
been an inspiration for many artistic
disciplines.
[…]
So let us first with José Cura and then
with WA Mozart dream away the mystery
of the birth, life, and death of man,
the strength of spirit, infinity, space,
order and chaos of the universe…
Cura with author of above article....
