teatro real
las horas vacías
assistant conductor/repertorist
In November 2021 Luis Seguí was invited by composer Ricardo Llorca and Teatro Real Madrid to collaborate as assistant conductor and repertorist in the new production of Llorca’s The Empty Hours. He coached and rehearsed soprano Sonia de Munck and actress Mabel Lozano in the sessions that culminated in the premier of the new staged version of this intense monodrama.
📹 Teatro Real
LAS HORAS VACÍAS
Opera / Monodrama
Music by Ricardo Llorca (1958)
Libretto by Ricardo Llorca y Paco Gámez
Premiere in concert version at the XII Semana de Música Sacra of Benidorm, March 31, 2007
New production at the Teatro Real, in coproduction with the Teatros del Canal and High C Music with the collaboration of the New York Opera Society
Absolut premiere
Conductor - Alexis Soriano | Stage Director - José Luis Arellano García | Chorus Director - Andrés Máspero | Set Design - Silvia de Marta | Costumes - Miguel Ángel Milán | Lighting - Juan Gómez Cornejo, AAI | Video - Miquel Àngel Raió | Dance - Chevi Muraday | Production - Álvaro Cañil, High C Music | Chorus of the Teatro Real - Soloists of the Orchestra of the Teatro Real I Solo Pianist - Eduardo Fernández I Repertorist and Assistant Conductor - Luis Seguí
CAST
La mujer (singer) I Sonia de Munck
La mujer (actress) | Mabel del Pozo
l-r: Raquel Merino (stage manager), Sonia de Munck (soprano), Mabel del Pozo (actress), Luis Seguí (piano)
l-r: Raquel Merino (stage manager), Sonia de Munck (soprano), Mabel del Pozo (actress), José Luis Arellano (stage director), Luis Seguí (piano)
l-r: Raquel Merino (stage manager), Sonia de Munck (soprano), Mabel del Pozo (actress), José Luis Arellano (stage director), Luis Seguí (piano)
l-r: Alexis Soriano (conductor), José Luis Arellano (stage director), Sonia de Munck (soprano), Mabel del Pozo (actress)
Luis Seguí, Eduardo Fernández (piano soloist), Sonia de Munck (soprano)
Sonia de Munck (soprano), Luis Seguí
l-r: Andrés Máspero (chorus director), Alexis Soriano (conductor), Miguel Ángel Arqued (chorus assistant conductor), Luis Seguí, Ricardo Llorca (composer)
stage rehearsal with chorus
orchestra rehearsal
Ricardo Llorca (composer), Alexis Soriano (conductor)
Luis Seguí
Mabel del Pozo (actress)
Set Design: Silvia de Marta, Lighting: Juan Gómez Cornejo, Video: Miquel Àngel Raió
Costumes: Miguel Ángel Milán
Jennifer Cho (New York Opera Society Executive Director), Luis Seguí
Ricardo Llorca (composer)
Final bows
llorca and luis at juilliard school