THE SECRET OF THE BREAD

‘The secret of the Bread’ is a youth opera project that is currently being written and composed for choir, vocal soloists, symphonic youth orchestra and reciter.

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The plot has been conceived and the libretto written out fully by the composer, Dimitri Arnauts, in french heptasyllabic and riming quatrains poetic verses - hereby alluding to the theatrical writing tradition of the french Grand Siècle.

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The text of the libretto is to be translated poetically into Portuguese, for the planned premiere of the work in Luanda, Angola.

It will be created in a semi-staged concert version.

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The subject of the opera is a new folk tale, aimed at younger audiences, that does not follow the traditional folktale thematic: it is rather an tragic social and human story, of a poor man that commits a crime to escape hunger and poverty, with a story morale that upholds the dignity, the sake, the faith and the destiny of the poorest.

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