Sara Braga Simões

Back to Lisbon Opera House

2012-01-27T09:26:00.004Z

Sara Braga Simões returns to São Carlos - the Lisbon Opera House, to make the world debut of the operas Inês Morre (Sofia Sousa Rocha, composer) and Fado Olisiponense (Luís Soldado). The director will be Luís Miguel Cintra, one of the most prestigious portuguese directors. The musical director will be João Paulo Santos.

Also in the cast are João Merino, Marco Alves dos Santos and Maria Luísa Freitas.

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

2nd, 3rd March

Salão Nobre

New: Youtube Channel

2011-07-15T12:12:00.002+01:00

Visit Sara Braga Simoes's new Youtube Channel!

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Photos of the World Premiere of Nuno Corte-Real's Opera: Banksters (Sao Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House)

2011-03-20T00:25:00.017Z

Photos: Alfredo Rocha

World premiere of Nuno Corte-Real's opera in São Carlos, the Lisbon opera House

2010-09-16T23:19:00.012+01:00

Sara Braga Simões will play Mimi Kitsch in Nuno Corte-Real's new opera Banksters, in Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House. Lawrence Renes will be the conductor of this production.

João Botelho, the portuguese film-director, will direct the production.

Also in the cast are Jorge Vaz de Carvalho, Musa Nkuna, Diogo Olivira, Nuno Dias, Chelsey Schill, José Lourenço, Ana Ferro, José Corvelo e Bruno Almeida.

Performances on 18th,, 22th, 24th and 26th March at 8 pm and 20th March at 4 pm.

Meanwhile, after her debut in London with London Sinfonietta (Opera 'O Sonho' by Pedro Amaral), Sara Braga Simões is now playng Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni, an Opera Norte production.

Mozart's Don Giovanni

11th December 2010, Casa das Artes in Famalicão

22th January 2010, Theatro Circo, in Braga.

29th January, 2010, Centro Cultural Vila flor, in Guimarães.

Don Giovanni: Luís Rodrigues
Leporello: António Salgado
Donna Elvira: Sara Braga Simões
Donn'Anna: Carla Caramujo
Don Ottavio: Mário João Alves
Zerlina: Susana Milena
Masetto: Bruno Pereira
Il Commendatore: Valter Mateus

Conductor: António Saiote

Opera: O Sonho by Pedro Amaral with London Sinfonietta

2010-09-16T23:17:00.005+01:00

In this video a duet between Herode (Jorge Vaz de Carvalho) and Salome (Sara Braga Simões).

Opera O Sonho (The Dream) by Pedro Amaral

Cast: Sara Braga Simões (Aia2/Salome), Carla Caramujo (Salome/ Aia2), Ângela Alves (Aia1), Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (Herode), Mário Redondo (Captain), Armando Possante (Slave).

London Sinfonietta

Conductor: Pedro Amaral

London Debut with London Sinfonietta

2010-02-07T22:00:00.005Z

The world premiere of Pedro Amaral's Chamber Opera O Sonho (the Dream) will take place on the 25th April, in The Place. The conposer himself will conduct London Sinfonietta. Fernanda Lapa will direct this production. It will be Sara Braga Simões's London debut.

Also in the cast are: Carla Caramujo, ângela Alves, Jorge Vaz de Carvalho, Armando Possante and Mário Redondo.

On the 3th May, the opera will be presented in Portugal, in Gulbenkian (Lisbon)

George Bejamin's A mind of Winter in CCB

2009-05-31T23:23:00.007+01:00

George Benjamin: A mind of Winter

22th December, 9:30 p.m.

Portimão; Teatro Tempo, Main Auditorium

23th December, 9:00 p.m.

Lisbon, CCB, Main Auditorium

Pedro Carneiro, conductor

Sara Braga Simoes, soprano

Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

Opera Aladin by Nino Rota
1st October 2:30 p.m
2nd October 2:30 p.m
3rd October 9:oo pm

4th October 6:00 pm
6th October 10:30 am

Aladino: Fernando Guimarães
La Principessa: Sara Braga Simões
Mago Maghrebino: José Corvelo
Madre di Aladino: Mónica Lacerda Pais
Genio della lampada/Gran ministro/L'orafo: Rui Silva
Génio dell' anello/Re: João Merino
amoung others

Artave Orchestra
Musical direction: Luís Machado
Direction: Norma Graça-Silvestre

On the 23rd June, Sara Braga Simões wil perform a recital with the pianist Rui Martins in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia. The programm includes the cycles Nove Canções de António Ramos Rosa (António Pinho Vargas) and Os frutos dos Anjos op. 27 (Nuno Côrte-Real) both in First audition in Slovenia.

4th and 8th June:
Die Zauberflöte - Mozart (as Pamina)
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, 3 p.m.

5th June
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Rui Martins, piano
Museu Nogueira da Silva - Braga (private event)

23rd June
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Rui Martins, piano
Red Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9 p.m
Works by Berg, Pinho Vargas and Côrte-Real.

3rd July
Recital
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Pipa, piano
Works by Eurico Thomaz de Lima and Vianna da Mota
Maia

Die Zauberflöte returns to Teatro São Carlos

2009-05-11T12:45:00.003+01:00

After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's Die Zauberflöte - Mozart.

Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]
João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]

Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão

Papageno: Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Contact

2009-05-11T12:44:00.004+01:00

Agent:

Mr. Ivan Paley
VMC - Vienna Music Connection
http://www.viemuc.com/

Contact: vmc@viemuc.com

Photos for Press

2009-03-14T16:04:00.008Z

Click on the image to get it in higher resolution.

Opera: La Spinalba - Francisco António de Almeida (title role)

Die Zauberflöte returns to Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

2009-03-13T14:48:00.004Z

After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]

João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]

Director: Eike Ecker

Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões

Tamino: Mário João Alves

Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão

Papageno Jorge Martins

Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues

Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané

Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões

Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira

Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Biography

2009-03-13T14:30:00.013Z

Sara Braga Simões is a winner of several national and international prizes. International Reviews praise her impressive range (Opera Now) and her outstanding performance (Opera Magazine).

Sara’s operatic roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Elle (La voix Humaine), Despina (Così fan Tutte,), among many others.

Her concert performances include works from Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Ravel, Dvořák, Berio, George Crumb, George Benjamin, Peter Maxwell Davies and also Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’étè.

She sang in the world premiere of many works of composers as João Pedro Oliveira, Nuno Côrte-Real, Luís Tinoco and Aubert Lemeland.

She made her London debut with London Sinfonietta in the world premiere of Pedro Amaral’s Opera O Sonho [The Dream].

Sara sung with conductors such as Lawrence Renes, Martin André, Stefan Asbury, Peter Rundell, Johannes Willig, Laurence Cummings, Marc Tardue, Pierre-Andre Valade, among others.
Currently, she works with Susan McCulloch, in the UK.

2009-02-10T14:18:00.004Z

After becoming a mother, Sara Braga Simões returns to the stage of Teatro NAcional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, as Pamina in the Eike Ecker's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

Musical Director: Julia Jones [11. 15. 17. 21. Feb.]
João Paulo Santos [22. 23 April]
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Luís Rodrigues
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Sónia Grané
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

CD release: Eurico Thomaz de Lima's Complete Work for Voice and Piano

2008-12-29T14:01:00.003Z

Last 17th december was released the new Cd with Eurico Thomaz de Lima's complete work for voice and piano by Sara Braga Simões (soprano) and Luís Pipa (piano). The Cd contains also two piano works: Sonatina nº2 and Canção sem Palavras (Song without words). This Cd was released by the iniciative of Câmara Municipal da Maia, on the day of the 100º birthday of the composer.

Photos: 11th October Recital

2008-10-13T12:30:00.005+01:00

Luís Pipa (piano), Sara Braga-Simoes (soprano)
Photo © Luís Simoes

Luís Pipa (piano), Sara Braga-Simoes (soprano)
Photo © Luís Simoes

Recital

2008-10-11T11:20:00.006+01:00

Recital

Eurico Thomaz de Lima
Complete works for Voice and Piano

Sara Braga Simões, soprano

Luís Pipa, Piano

11th October, 6.30 p.m.

Medieval Room of Reitoria da Universidade do Minho, in Braga

Eurico Thomaz de Lima

2008-07-15T21:11:00.002+01:00

In the 100th aniversary of the birth of the portuguese composer Eurico Thomaz de Lima, Sara Braga Simões and the portuguese pianist Luís Pipa are preparing the presentation of all his works for voice and piano and also the recording of these works in CD.

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in Almada

2008-07-02T14:26:00.006+01:00

Last 26th and 27th June the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos's production of Mozart's Magic Flute was performed in Teatro Municipal de Almada.

Musical Director: Cesário Costa
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and wardrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Dieter Schweikart
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Ana Quintans
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães
Priester: Luís Rodrigues

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Die Zauberflöte returns to Teatro São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House

2008-05-18T11:36:00.007+01:00

Jorge Martins (Papageno) and Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Sara Braga Simões returns to Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, with more performances of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

Musical Director: Cesário Costa
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and warbrobe: Kerstin Faber
Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Dieter Schweikart
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Ana Quintans
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães
Priester: Luís Rodrigues
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

20th May (3 p.m)
24th May (4 p.m)

Sara Braga Simões's blog now in english

2008-03-29T17:41:00.027Z

From now on english speakers can come directly to this blog to find out the latest news about the portuguese soprano Sara Braga Simões. But we don't want you to miss anything so, here it is: every single message published from July 2007 until today translated for you...

20th March 2008
Photos: Concert in Theatro Circo

Sara Braga Simões (soprano)

Sara Braga Simões (soprano) and Luís Machado (conductor)

Lusocello Ensemble

17th March 2008
Concert in Theatro Circo

Theatro Circo

Lusocello Ensemble

19th March, 9:30 p.m.
Theatro Circo, Braga

Program:
Marlos Nobre: Canto a Garcia Lorca
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras nº5
Marlos Nobre: Canções de Beiramar

Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Machado, direcção/director
Lusocello Ensemble

2nd March 2008
Photos: Die Zauberflöte

Sara Braga Simoes (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Jorge Martins (Papageno) and Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Dieter Schweikart (Sarastro) and Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photoby Alfredo Rocha

Sara Braga Simões (Pamina) and Mário João Alves (Tamino)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Sara Braga Simões (Pamina) e Raquel Alão (Königin der Nacht)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Fernando Guimarães (Monostatos) and Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Susana Teixeira (Dritter Knabe), Sara Braga Simões (Pamina), Ana Quintans (Erster Knabe) and Carla Simões (Zweiter Knabe)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

Jorge Martins (Papageno) e Sara Braga Simões (Pamina)
Photo by Alfredo Rocha

16th February 2008
Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Musical Director: Cesário Costa
Director: Eike Ecker
Set and warbrobe: Kerstin Faber

Pamina: Sara Braga Simões
Tamino: Mário João Alves
Königin der Nacht: Raquel Alão
Papageno Jorge Martins
Sarastro: Dieter Schweikart
Papagena / Erste Dame / Erster Knabe: Ana Quintans
Zweite Dame/ Zweiter Knabe: Carla Simões
Dritter Dame/ Dritter Knabe: Susana Teixeira
Monostatos: Fernando Guimarães
Priester: Luís Rodrigues
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

27th February, 3rd March, 20th May at 3 pm (for Schools Only)
29 th February at 7:30 pm; 2nd March, 24th May at 4 pm

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, The Lisbon Opera House
A children's version adapated by eike Ecker (90 Minutes)

13th January 2008
Video Evil Machines

Copy this link and check-out IOL TV's report on Evil Machines:
http://www.videos.iol.pt/consola.php?projecto=27&mul_id=8650019&tipo_co

12th January 2008
Photps: Evil Machines

Sara Braga Simões (Tumble Drier)

Marco Alves dos Santos (Petrol Pum), João Martins and Raquel Camarinha (Parking Meeters), João Merino (Evil Inventor), Sara Braga Simões (Tumble Drier) and Mário Redondo (Evil Inventor's assistant)

Ana quintans (Nancy) and Sara Braga Simões (Nancy's Mum)

Raquel Camarinha (Motor Bike) and João Merino (Evil Inventor)

João Merino (Evil Inventor)

João Oliveira (Plane) and Ana Quintans (Nancy)

Fernando Guimarães (Alarm Clock) and João Martins (Mad Gas Cooker)

João Martins (Mad Gas Cooker), Ana Paula Russo (Telephone), Carla Simões (Egg Whisk), Fernando Guimarães (Alarm-Clock)

José Lourenço, Fernando Guimarães, Raquel Camarinha (Hoovers)

11th January 2008
Evil Machines World First

12st January: World first of Evil Machines, the new Musical Fantasy by Luís Tinoco (Music) and Terry Jones (libretto and Direction). Performances: every Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. until 3rd February.

Evil Machines
Luís Tinoco, Music
Terry Jones, Libretto and Direction
Vin Burnham, Costumes
Paulo Ribeiro, Coreography
Hernani Saúde, Sets
Nuno Meira, Lights
José Luís Ferreira, Sound
Cesário Costa, Musical Direction

Interpretation (by alphabetical order): Ana Paulo Russo, Ana Quintans, Carla Simões, Fernando Guimarães, João Oliveira, João Martins, João Merino, José Lourenço, Marco Alves dos Santos, Mário Redondo, Raquel Camarinha, Sara Braga Simões.
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa

6th January 2008
New Year's Opera Gala in Teatro da Trindade (Lisbon)

Last 4th January, Sara Braga Simões presented herself in the Teatro da Trindade (Lisbon) New Year’s Opera Gala with Orquestra da Companhia Portuguesa de Ópera, under the direction of João Paulo Santos. Were also solists at this concert concert Elvira Ferreira, Ana Ester Neves, Sónia Alcobaça, Maria Luísa Freitas, Larissa Savchenko, Pedro Chaves, José Manuel Araújo, Carlos Guilherme, Mário Alves, José Corvelo, João Merino and João Oliveira. It was a magnificent opera evening, with a full room wanting to remeber the time when Teatro da Trindade had an Opera Company.

5th December 2007
Des Knaben Wunderhorn in Casa da Musica

Next Sunday, 9th December, Sara Braga Simões will present herself with Orquestra Nacional do Porto, directed by Peter Rundel, in Casa da Música, interpretating some songs of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The portuguese bariton Job Tomé will also be soloist. The concert will be commented by Fátima Pombo.

Casa da Música, Sala Suggia, 9th December at 12 o’clock.
Programm:
Revelge*
Verlorne Müh’
Rheinlegendchen
Der Tambourg’sell *
Der Schildwache Nachtlied *
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Job Tomé*, Bariton
Peter Rundel, conductor
Orquestra Nacional do Porto (Oporto National Orchestra)
Fátima Pombo, Comments

29th November 2007
Rehearsing Evil Machines

Sara Braga Simões is now rehearsing for the world premier of Luís Tinoco's Musical Fantasy Evil Machines debuting on the 12th January 2008. The libretto is by the famous Terry Jones (Monty Python). It will be a big production of São Luiz Theatre (Lisbon) with choreography of Paulo Ribeiro and Musical Direction of Cesário Costa. Also on the cast are: Ana Quintans, Ana Paulo Russo, João Merino, Mário Redondo, Fernando Guimarães, João Oliveira, Carla Simões, Raquel Camarinha, João Martins, José Lourenço and Marco Alves dos Santos.

19th November 2007
On the 21th and 24th November, Sara Braga Simões will interpret Johannes Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem (version for four hands piano), a Teatro Nacional de São Carlos’s (the Lisbon Opera House) production.

Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Sara Braga Simões, soprano
Luís Rodrigues, Bariton
Kodo Yamagishi, Nuno Lopes, piano
Giovanni Andreoli, Musical direction
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos's Choir
21th November, 7 p.m., Auditorium of Universidade Nova de Lisboa
24th November, 9 p.m., São Roque’s Church.

24th October 2007

Next Friday, 26th October, Sara Braga Simões (soprano) and Júlio Galvão (harpsichord) will perform together in a recital at Temporada de Cravo de Óbidos (Obido’s Harpsichord Festival). The program includes works by Henry Purcell, G. F. Händel and Domenico Scarlatti.
Program:
HENRY PURCELL:
Music for a while
Firest Isle
Tell me, some pitying angel
Sweeter than roses
The fatal hour comes on apace
If music be the food of love

DOMENICO SCARLATTI:
Sonata K115 em dó menorSonata K56 em dó menor

G. F. HÄNDEL:
Cantata Lucrezia:
Recitativo: O Numi eterni!
Aria: Gia superbo del mio affanno
Recitativo: Ma voi forse nel Cielo
Ária: II suol che preme
Recitativo: Ah, che ancor nell'abisso
Ária: Alla salma infedel
Recitativo: A voi, padre, consorte
Ária: Gia nel seno
Recitativo: Ma se qui non m’è dato

30th September 2007

After the hudge success of the Opera Gala (Opening Season Concert) in São Carlos, the Lisbon Opera House, where she sang next to Vesselina Kasarova, Sara Braga Simões prepares the concert called Som e Verbo: dois rostos, dois olhares in Culturgest (Lisbon) on the 8th October.

In this concert will be presented works by Pierre Boulez and Pedro Amaral. The Orchestra will be Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, conducted by Pedro Amaral. In this concert will also be solists: Angelica Cathariou, Sandra Medeiros and Ângela Alves. To see the complete program go to: http://www.culturgest.pt/actual/som_verbo.html.

5th Sptember 2007
A great new season will start for the portuguese soprano Sara Braga Simões with an opera gala in Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (the Lisbon Opera House) together with Vesselina Kasarova, José Fardilha and Carla Caramujo and musical direction of Cornelius Meister.

Also in this season: her debut as Pamina in Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Ein Deutsches Requiem de Johannes Brahms (for Teatro Nacional de São Carlos), the debut of Pedro Amaral's Opera for Culturgest and also a recital in the Harpsichord Obidos's festival.

14th July 2007
Sara Braga Simões presented herself last Saturday (7th July) in the Concert Rossini’s Evening, the concert debut of the Portuguese Opera Company’s Orchestra, directed by Armando Vidal. In this concert also sang Luís Rodrigues, Mário João Alves, Larissa Savchenko, João Merino, Carla Simões e João Oliveira. Jorge Rodrigues e Carlos Consiglieri presented this wonderfull evening in one the most charismatic places in Lisbon: the Saint George’s Castle.

The program included excerpts of: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Gazza Ladra, La cenerentola, Guillaume Tell and L’italiana in Algeri.