Present the premiere of "Madness and Other Tales, 2016"

MARCO will present the premiere of "Madness and Other Tales, 2016", a live performance by Grace Schwindt. It will take place at 8.30pm at the gallery's first floor and will be performed by Vertixe Sonora Ensemble and soprano Lisa Cassidy.

The fragility of the human body is addressed in this performance, in which a soprano and an orchestra perform a new score written by Grace Schwindt. This piece is based on the Aria of Madness from Gaetano Donizetti’s 19th-century opera Lucia di Lammermoor. 

Madness and Other Tales, 2016
A Live performance by Grace Schwindt
World premiere: 19 February 2016, 8.30pm
Performed by Vertixe Sonora Ensemble and Lisa Cassidy
Produced by MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo 

Conductor: Ramón Souto
Soloist: Lisa Cassidy, singer
Musicians: Iago Lariño, flute/ Anne Tooming, piano/ Mario Peris and Marina Ortiz, violin/ Sergio Montero, viola/ Juan Carrillo, cello
Costume Maker: J. Mendez and Fernando Roman Rodriguez

Photo: courtesy MARCO/Enrique Touriño