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| This Is Opera | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Documentary television series |
| Directed by | Ramon Gener |
| Starring | Ramon Gener |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original languages | English Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Raimon Masllorens |
| Producers | Nèlida Sánchez Arlette Peyret |
| Running time | 45-50 minutes (without commercials) |
| Production company | Brutal Media[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | La 2[2] |
| Release | 8 March[3] – 27 December 2015 |
This Is Opera is a Spanish television documentary series created and directed by Ramon Gener.[4] The show explores opera in unconventional ways to try to attract not just existing opera fans, but also those less familiar with the art form.[5] The host guides the viewer to the places of origin of each opera, and explores the culture, history—and modern and current trends and how they apply to opera.
The show premiered on Servus TV in Austria and Germany on 17 January 2015,[6] on La 2 in Spain on 8 March 2015, on RAI 5 in Italy on 15 May 2015,[7] and on 19 August 2015, on Foxtel Arts in Australia.[8]
Reception
[edit]The program and its host have garnered a viewership that includes those uninterested in opera[9], allowing the show to reach a wide audience[10], while also attracting those already in music circles.[11]
The series has received nominations from festivals: This Is Opera was nominated in the Rocky Awards in the BANFF festival under the category of music and variety.[12] It was also chosen for the IDFA festival in November 2015.[13] Most recently, it has been nominated at the Rose d'Or Festival in the category of Arts for its episode of Turandot.[14]
Host
[edit]
Ramon Gener, writer and musician,[15] is the host.[16] With the dramatic aspect of opera, Gener tries to transmit ideas or thoughts on life—for example the idea of sharing, which he states in an interview, "All that you have, share it with the world for if you don't what use is it in having?"[17] He has hosted other shows, and has been involved in Television programs since early 2011.[18]
Gener has done various interviews concerning his writings,[19] and This is Opera [20] in which he discusses his first experiences with music and how the show came to be.[21]
Season 1
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Carmen" | Pep Bras Ramon Gener |
| 2 | 2 | "Turandot" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 3 | 3 | "The Barber of Seville" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 4 | 4 | "La bohème" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 5 | 5 | "Parsifal" | Albert Travesset Ramon Gener |
| 6 | 6 | "Pelléas et Mélisande" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 7 | 7 | "Bel Canto" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 8 | 8 | "Der Ring des Nibelungen" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 9 | 9 | "Tosca" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 10 | 10 | "La traviata" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 11 | 11 | "Tristan und Isolde" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 12 | 12 | "Don Giovanni" | Pep Bras Ramon Gener |
| 13 | 13 | "Rigoletto" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 14 | 14 | "Manon" | Pep Bras Ramon Gener |
| 15 | 15 | "The Free Shooter" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
Season 2
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Pagliacci" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 17 | 2 | "Eugene Onegin" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 18 | 3 | "Fidelio" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 19 | 4 | "Handel" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 20 | 5 | "Così fan tutte" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 21 | 6 | "Salome" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 22 | 7 | "Nabucco" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 23 | 8 | "Der Rosenkavalier" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 24 | 9 | "The Magic Flute" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 25 | 10 | "Vivaldi and Venice" | Pep Bras Ramon Gener |
| 26 | 11 | "Lulu" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 27 | 12 | "Madama Butterfly" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 28 | 13 | "Rusalka" | Gemma Sanz Ramon Gener |
| 29 | 14 | "The Birth of Opera" | Eloi Vila Ramon Gener |
| 30 | 15 | "Opera is Life" | Ramon Gener |
References
[edit]- ↑ Brutal Media (2014-06-20). "This is Opera | Brutal Media". Brutalmedia.tv. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ "This is Opera: Tus programas favoritos de TVE, en RTVE Play".
- ↑ "This is opera". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ "Ramon Gener interview with Foxtel Arts Australia". Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Radio critique on "Onda Cero"". 5:15 minutes in. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ "First airing on German TV and Austrian TV". Servus TV. Retrieved October 30, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "First airing on Italian TV". RAI 5. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "This Is Opera". Foxtel Arts. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ "TV Critique". antoniorico.es. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ "TV Critique". elperiodico.com. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ "TV Critique". abc.es. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ "Rocky Awards nomination". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "IDFA in Docs for Sale Category". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "Rose d'Or nomination". Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ↑ "El Mundo Interview". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "Ramon Gener". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ "Interview with Ramon Gener". noticiasdenavarra.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ "Ramon Gener".
- ↑ "radio interview on La Tarde". 42:00 minutes in. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "El Cultural interview". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "Diario Navarra Interview". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- This Is Opera on Facebook
- Ramon Gener, website