Teatro Aberto is a theatre located in

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, Portugal next to the Praça Espanha. Together with the

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(Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores), it organizes the annual Grande Prémio de Teatro Português.

History

Teatro Aberto was founded by the Group 4 (João Lourenço, Irene Cruz, Francisco Pestana and Melim Teixeira) in 1976 at the Praça de Espanha.{{Cite web , date=2016-06-30 , title=Sítio da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa: 40 anos do Teatro Aberto , url=http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/noticias/detalhe/article/40-anos-do-teatro-aberto , url-status=deviated , archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180802133515/http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/noticias/detalhe/article/40-anos-do-teatro-aberto , archive-date=2018-08-02 , access-date=2018-08-02 , website=www.cm-lisboa.pt , language=pt

Directorate

The current management of this theater is composed of: *

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(director) * Irene Cruz (actress) *

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(actor) * Melim Teixeira (actor) The artistic direction of the area of theater is the responsibility of

and the musical direction belongs to João Paulo Santos. His repertoire included classics of the universal theatre as well as pieces of contemporary theatre. As of 2009, the Teatro Aberto has produced 76 plays, 5 operas and 22 concerts in 103 performances presented in about 4,700 sessions. Among the authors and composers featured are: Dario Fo,

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, Alexei Arbuzov,

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, Teresa Madruga,

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, Rogério Samora,

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, João Pedro Vaz,

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, Ana Nave,

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, Luís Alberto,

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, Sara Belo,

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. Among the singers are: Ana Ester Neves, Helena Afonso, Helena Vieira, Jorge Vaz de Carvalho,

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References

External links

Official site
Theatres in Lisbon