Music

18 Months – Opera about refugee (bodies) by Dimitris Andrikopoulos

Name: 18 Months – Opera about refugee (bodies) by Dimitris Andrikopoulos
Start: 2025-04-10T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-10T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Centro Cultural de Belém

Quarteto Contratempus

Dates / Schedules

Small Auditorium

70 min.

Ages

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Dates / Schedules

April 10th 2025 8:00pm

Music

Opera

18 Months is an opera that tells the harrowing journey of refugees in search of safety after the devastation of their lands by war. The work addresses their struggles at sea, divine interventions that question suffering, and the search for acceptance in new lands. Through past traumas and the fight for a hopeful future, the opera highlights human resilience and the complex interplay between hope, empathy, and the harsh realities of life in exile. Inspired by real stories of Afghan, Syrian, and Ukrainian refugees in Portugal, the work offers a deep and sensitive portrait of this experience.

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18 Months – Ópera sobre (corpos) © Pedro Sardinha

Ages

+12 years

Data sheet

A creation by Quarteto Contratempus

Libretto and collection of refugee testimonies Fadi Skeiker

Music Dimitris Andrikopoulos

Stage direction Nuno M Cardoso

Performance Teresa Nunes (soprano), Miguel Leitão (tenor), Crispim Luz (Clarinet), Carolina Freitas Leite (Cello) and Bernardo Pinhal (Piano).

Costumes and set design Nuno Carinhas

Video and multimedia design Hugo Edgar Mesquita

Light design and operation Mariana Figueroa

Sound design and operation João Monteiro

Production and communication Jessica Roque and Marta de Baptista

Communication Ana Almeida

Support for creation Raquel Melo

Video recording Miguel F

Photographic record Pedro Sardinha

Co-production Centro Cultural de Belém, Casa das Artes de Vila Nova de Famalicão

The Quarteto Contratempus is a structure financed by the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts.

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Discounts

DISCOUNTS are only valid for CCB production and/or co-production shows and for tickets with a price above €12, with the exception of CCB cardholders, the discount is applied to values above €8.

50 % people with specific needs and accompanying person
50% for Arts and culture professionals and students (this discount only applies to the Main and Small Auditorium in CCB Production shows.
50% for unemployed

30% for CCB Card’s holders (individual, Senior, Youth and Family)
20% for people over 65 / for under 30s / students / for groups of more than 20 people

Tickets at €5 for Artistic Schools

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