This year, Popular dedicates its musical production to the Christmas holiday season that is celebrated in Puerto Rico for a period of almost two months. The production takes the audience through the various celebrations that take place during that time, from the trullas, Noche Buena, Misa de Gallo, despedida de año, to the Candelaria. All these celebrations have taken root in the Island’s popular culture, which allows Puerto Ricans to celebrate everything that period represents with a lot of music.
1. Broken Bricks 2. Let's Shake Hands 3. The Big Three Killed My Baby 4. Do 5. Jimmy The Exploder 6. Wasting My Time 7. Cannon/John The Revelator 8. Screwdriver 9. Astro 10. Sugar Never Tasted So Good 11. One More Cup Of Coffee 12. Lafayette Blues 13. Slicker Drips
Part of the Vault #42, "The White Stripes XX"
Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals. Coinciding with its 35th triumphant year in London’s West End, Cameron Mackintosh produced a spectacular sold-out staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas, and John Owen Jones. Featuring a cast and orchestra of over 65 and including the songs "I Dreamed A Dream," "Bring Him Home," "One Day More," and "On My Own," this sensational staged concert is not to be missed.
A musical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe's gothic horror story. A man murders an old man because of his "vulture eye", then is driven to madness and confession by the incessant beating of victim's heart under the floor boards.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" in a Bayerische Staatsoper production from 2019, directed by Simon Stone. Kirill Petrenko is conducting Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen.
1. I'm Bored 2. Broken Bricks 3. The Big Three Killed My Baby 4. Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 5. Jimmy The Exploder 6. James Infirmary 7. Astro 8. Cannon/John The Revelator/Grinnin' In Your Face 9. Stop Breaking Down 10. The Same Boy You've Always Known 11. Wasting My Time 12. When I Hear My Name 13. Lafayette Blues 14. Sugar Never Tasted So Good 15. Let's Shake Hands Part of the Vault #42, "The White Stripes XX"
Gualtiero is an exiled count, forced to become a pirate. His enemy Ernesto blackmails Imogene into marrying him, even though he knows she loves Gualtiero. In the searing final scene Imogene goes insane when Gualtiero is condemned to death. This is riveting bel canto drama as you have seldom hear it.
AMARANTHE to play DREAMHACK Sweden.
We're excited to announce this show at DreamHack Winter 2019 in Jönköping, Sweden! On November 30th, AMARANTHE will rock the main stage along with Halestorm and New Years Day!
“Memorias de Navidad” is an audio-visual project with a central Christmas theme and lots of “Salsa Navideña”. The script centers around a grandfather who suffers of an early stage of Alzheimer’s and wants to share his Christmas memories with his family. The grandfather is played by Victor Manuelle, who not too long ago lost his father to the disease, which his grandfather also had.
Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.