In the year 2012, the Arriaga Theatre put on its own production of “La corte de Faraón”. Owing to the success of this show, we have decided to stage the production again.
Joseph, Jacob’s favourite son, is sold by his brothers as a slave to the Egyptians, enriching the meaning of the word Cainite. The poor young Joseph ends up in the house of Putifar who suffers a severe erectile dysfunction, much to the desperation of his passionate wife Lota. Her attempts to calm her passions with the young slave endanger the possibility of Joseph continuing to be called “Joseph the chaste” without falling into a lie. With such a story, you can see why Franco’s censors banned this “biblical operetta”.
The Arriaga Theatre is putting on a hilarious production of this operetta, with the excellent score by Vicente Lleó and the libretto by Perrín and Palacios, damned at the time as being “smutty”, directed by Emilio Sagi with stage design by Daniel Bianco.
New joint production by the Arriaga Theatre and the Campoamor Theatre from Oviedo.
The team
Biblical operetta in one act:
Libretto: Guillermo Perrín y Miguel Palacios
Music: Vicente Lleó
Critical edition: Josep Soler
Musical direction: Carlos Aragón
Stage direction: Emilio Sagi
Stage design: Daniel Bianco
Assistant director: Javier Ulacia
Prompter: Hu San Park
Choreography: Nuria Castejón
Wardrobe design: Gabriela Salaberri
Lighting design: Eduardo Bravo
Cast: Carmen Romeu (Lota), Itxaro Mentxaka (La Reina), Enrique Viana (Sul), Ainhoa Zuazua (Raquel), Sol Maguna (Ra), Gemma Martínez (Sel), Vito Rogado (Ta), Manel Esteve (El gran faraón), Néstor Losán (José), Axier Sánchez (Putifar), Jose Manuel Díaz (Gran sacerdote), Alberto Núñez (Selhá), Aritza Rodríguez (Seti), Juan Carlos Sánchez (Bailarín 1), Pedro Navarro (Bailarín 2), Fco. José Leiva (Bailarín 3), Fran Bas (Bailarín 4), Christian Sandoval (Bailarín 5), José Ángel Capel (Bailarín 6)
Choir: Coro Rossini
Orchestra: BIOS
Production: Teatro Arriaga and Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo
Passes
Día 11: 20:00 h.
Día 12: 20:00 h.
Día 13: 19:00 h.
Día 17: 20:00 h.
Día 18: 20:00 h.
Día 19: 20:00 h.
Prices
from €8 to €40 / Discounts
Duration
1 hour 30 minutes No interval