Mary Setrakian brings the pop opera “Il Templare” to Santa Teresa Gallura.

Pop opera in Santa Teresa Gallura.

The Bernardo de Muro Festival continues prestigious appointment scheduled for Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 21:30. The Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I in Santa Teresa Gallura hosts the Pop Opera.Templar“. Music and words entrusted to the composer and arranger from Cagliari. Manuel Cossuand directing is entrusted to a famous director, actress and teacher american singing Mary Setrakian.

Area a few steps from the sea, at night The end of the summer, will be the stage for a show that looks a little pop and a little operatic. So, taking the example of the subtitle itself. However, the atmosphere of “Templar” is preparing to throw the scenes and the audience into the past. V evening offered by De Muro Academy we return to the Middle Ages, to the dark and sacred charm of the time of the Crusades to the Holy Land. On the stage, Jerusalem

the beginning of the twelfth century is the backdrop for a story that seeks to touch the deepest strings feeling of friendship, tolerance, love. “Not asking for answers but with the aim of encouraging the viewer to ask themselves questions on topical issues such as accepting the Other and overcoming ethnic differences, cultural and religious“explain the creative minds of the show, Manuel Cossu AND Mary Setrakian.

Singer, actor, composer and arranger from Cagliari, the first to graduate in classic letters and in songwriting. In addition to The Templar, he is the author of the musical horror/thriller Intervention and musical noir “Refuge”. The librettist of the original musical “Jeanne d’Arc” and the author of the soundtrack “Sing for us” Roberto Cadedduin which he is also the main character. He is also part of the Ricercare Ensemble led by the maestro Richard Leone. In 2021, his first album of unreleased songs was released as the lead singer of Noah. Mary Setrakian was born in San Francisco and lives in New York. Singer, actress and international master vocal teacherperformed on Broadway and toured with The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables,Hey Dolly!‘ and ‘Avoid’. As a teacher, he prepared Nicole Kidman for her role in Moulin Rouge, for which she received an award. golden globe

. Among his outstanding students are Kate Winslet, Juliette Binoche, Bella Thorne, Trudy Siler, Aida Turturro, Maira Ruizin Italy he is the teacher of Serena Autieri, Filippo Timi, Marco Ligabue, Baby K., Roberta Gambarini, Gaia, Andrew Oswart, Violante Placido, soloists of X-Factor, Sanremo and The Voice. In 2019 he made his debut as a director with “Templar“.

The actors see Manuel Cossa as Bertrand de Charleroi, Gabriele Brockcia as Rafael de GuzmanMatteo Siddi (Ismael), Alice Madeddu (Yasmina), Francesca Loche (Sarah), Roberta Gaviano (Maryam), Sibilla Buttillone (choir), Valentina Calvia (choir), Pierluigi Carola (choir), Carlo Roberto Fulgesi (choir).

The event is part of the eighth edition of the festival, conceived and organized byDe Muro Academya reality that operates in the memory of the famous tenor, whose name it bears, and for thirteen years now is engaged in the production lyrical and operatic throughout the island, with particular attention to Gallura, where he is based in the city Temple of Pausanias. The Academy, through its many initiatives curated directly and in partnership with other Sardinian realities, is committed to all-round cultural and musical promotion. Among recent achievements is the creation of “CinderellaGioacchino Rossini premiered in autumn 2022 right in the temple. It was the first and so far the only opera to be staged entirely in Gallura. An operation that has many workers participated

, under contract, from the island and from abroad. L’academyin addition, it is part of the Unified Entertainment Fund (UFR) and is a reality in a prosperous territory ministerial measure Artistic Award.