Patrícia Quinta, mezzo-soprano
Pedro Telles, baritone
IMAGIN’ART String Quartet
Anna Pereira, violin I
Teresa Tenrinho, violin II
Emídio Ribeiro, viola
António José Oliveira, cello
Bach, J. S. (1685-1750) Air, from "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068"
Monteverdi, C. (1567-1643) Pur ti miro, pur ti godo, from the opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea"
Haendel, G. F. (1685-1759) Ombra mai fu, from the opera "Xerxes"
Mozart, W. A. (1756-1791) Allegro, from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525”
Mozart, W. A. (1756-1791) Laudate Dominum, from "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, KV 339"
Bach, J. S. (1685-1750), Gounod, C. (1818-1893) and others - Ave Maria / I Believe
Shostakovich, D. (1906-1975) Waltz No. 2, from "Jazz Suite No. 2"
Offenbach, J. (1819-1880) Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour, from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Bernstein, L. (1918-1990) Somewhere, from "West Side Story"
Webber, A. L. (1948- ) All I ask of you, from "The Phantom of the Opera"
In this concert, the mezzo-soprano, Patrícia Quinta, and the baritone, Pedro Telles, accompanied by the IMAGIN’ART String Quartet present the most emblematic works of various periods in the History of Music, beginning with the Renaissance period, with Monteverdi, passing through the Baroque where Bach is one of the most distinguished representatives. Next, you will enjoy music from the classical era with Mozart’s masterpieces, as well as a passage through the romantic opera in the voice of two of the best Portuguese interpreters of this musical genre.
The concert also showcases works by Shostakovich and Webber as a representation of the twentieth century. Thus, the title D’ouro Recital is threefold justifiable – by the performers who are worth their weight in gold, by the spectacular gold interiors of the church venue, and not the least, by the magnificent Douro River on whose banks the event is hosted.
PATRÍCIA QUINTA, mezzo-soprano
Patrícia Quinta was born in Porto, Portugal.
Graduated with a Performer's Diploma in Art Song and Oratorio (2007) at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. Bachelor in Performing Singing at Gaia Conservatory of Music (2002) were she started her singing and music studies in the class of Fernanda Correia.
During her studies in Vienna she worked with Margit Klaushofer and specializes in Lied and Oratorio with Charles Spencer. She worked several years with Christa Ludwig in the continuation of her technic and artistic performance.
Has been making many concerts and opera galas. In São Carlos National Theater sung the following roles: Alisa- Lucia di Lamermmor (G. Donizetti), Dame Marthe- Faust (C. Gounod), Laura- Iolanta (P. Tschaikovsky), Ninfa- Rusalka (A. Dvořak), Afra- La Wally (A. Catalani), Rossweisse- Die Walküre (R. Wagner), Aufseherin- Elektra (R. Strauss), Old Lady- Candide (L. Bernstein). Was Sibila in As três mulheres com máscara de ferro (Eurico Carrapatoso) world premiere, in a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Aberto Theater co-production. Recently sung Das Lied von der Erde (G. Mahler) with Center Classic Orchestra under the direction of Sergio Alapont. Most notably sung Rückert Lieder (G. Mahler) with Porto Symphonic Orchestra, Casa da Música, under the direction of Vasily Petrenko.
She also has collaborated with conductors such as Antonio Pirolli, Martin André, Graeme Jenkins, Joana Carneiro, Nuno Côrte-Real, João Paulo Santos, Johannes Willig, Takuo Yuasa and Leo Hussain.
In 2003 won the new talent prize in the Luisa Todi Singing Competition. Made masterclasses with Hilde Zadek, Ulf Bästlein, Enza Ferrari, Elsa Saque, Laura Sarti, Pat McMahon, Rudolf Piernay and Grace Bumbry. Is Psychology undergraduate at University of Porto (2002).
PEDRO TELLES, baritone
Pedro Telles began his vocal and performance studies with Fernanda Correia and completed his master’s in music teaching at the Conservatório Superior de Gaia under the guidance of teachers Maria do Rosário de Sousa and Fernanda Correia.
He was the protagonist in several operas: Papageno in Mozart's "Magic Flute", Giorgio Germont in "La Traviata" Verdi, Don Colagianni in "Il Maestro di Musica" Pergolesi, Dottore Malatesta in "Don Pasquale" Donizetti, Eneas in "Dido and Eneas " Purcell, Figaro in "The Wedding of Figaro" Mozart, Marcello in "La Bohéme" Puccini, The Pilot in "The Little Prince" by Rachel Portman, Rigoletto in "Rigoletto" Verdi, Sage in "The Forest" Eurico Carrapatoso, Figaro and Dottor Bartolo in Rossini's "Barber of Seville" and Sharpless in Puccini's "Butterfly".
He was also a soloist in several oratorios: Magnificat, Cantata Ich habe genug, Cantata 147, 4 Missas Brevis and Passion according to St. John by Bach. Missa Solemnis of S.Cecília de Gounod. Liszt's Way of the Cross. Sorrowful Mass of Caldara. Mass D Major by Otto Nicolai. Coronation Mass and Mozart's Requiem. Passio de Arvo Part. Christmas Cantata by Vaughan Williams. Christmas Cantata by Saint Säens. Rossini's Mass Solemnis and Stabat Mater. Dvorak's Stabat Mater and Requiem. Children's Mass by John Rutter. Fauré's Requiem. Donizzetti's Requiem. The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
He developed, for several years, his technical and artistic knowledge with the great Singer and Teacher Hilde Zadek in Vienna Austria.
In the various productions in which Pedro was involved, he was conducted by Ferreira Lobo, Manuel Ivo Cruz, Mário Mateus, Gunther Arglebe, Ferreira dos Santos, Artur Pinho, Eugénio Amorim, Cesário Costa, Evgueni Zouldikine, Gaetano Soliman, Belarmino Soares, Marc Tardue, Julian Reynolds, Fernando Lapa, António Baptista, António Lourenço, Jairo Grossi, Armando Vidal, Sérgio Ferreira, Filipe Veríssimo, António Baptista and Lawrence Golan. He is a Professor of the Music Degree at the University of Minho in Braga. Conductor of the Choir of the music course at the University of Minho and of the São Tarcísio Choir.
Porto’s Sao Francisco Church (Igreja de São Francisco), the city’s most important 14th century Gothic monument, is one of the most notable examples of Baroque architecture, boasting stunning gilded interiors dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
It was the exquisiteness of its gild carved woodwork that led Count Raczynskito describe it as the ‘Church of Gold’. Overwhelmed, he said: “The gild of this church is so beautiful and rich that it goes far beyond everything I have seen in Portugal and in the whole world”. This architectural treasure is a Portuguese National Monument since 1910 and a World Heritage-listed Site since 1996.