20 MARCH 2010 FRANCE - Rouen
Mísia sings RUAS at the prestigious Opera of Rouen in France. Info
MÍSIA & HER POETS The word is the world we are; it is one of my homelands, a homeland without borders.
I sing for the word; the music then follows... I ask living poets for poems expressly for my voice, and I seek in books the words of those no longer here with us. That is my work, my life and my joy.
THE SOLDIER'S TALE Premiere: Opening of the Grec'08 Festival in Barcelona, Grec Theatre.
Mísia plays the narrator in stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat". This 20th-century musical theatre classic is directed by Nigel Lowery and Amir Hosseinpour, guaranteeing a subtly ironic, powerful and highly visual spectacle. Ángel Pavlovsky is the soldier, and Marilu Marini appears as the Devil.
LISBOARIUM Premiere at the Bouffes du Nord theatre, Paris.
Mísia interprets traditional Fado music with texts especially written for her voice by great contemporary poets (Vasco Graça Moura, Lídia Jorge, Mário Cláudio, José Saramago, Agostina Bessa-Luís, Paulo José Miranda, José Luis Peixoto). The poetry of Fernando Pessoa is also included with three poems previously recorded by Mísia as well as other texts especially put to music for this show.
SAUDADES SYMPHONIQUES Premiere with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at the Victoria Hall, Geneva and the Orchestre Lamoureux at the Salle Pleyel, Paris.
Mísia is accompanied by a string orchestra and traditional Portuguese and acoustic guitars. Some of the most beautiful Fados, Portuguese Songs and some of Mísia's favourite music from other cultures are included. The orchestral arrangements are by Bruno Fontaine.
DRAMA BOX Premiere at the Bataclan theatre, Paris.
For this show Mísia brought together the three musical genres which have accompanied her since her childhood: Fado, Bolero and Tango. The Hotel Drama Box has toured over 15 countries including France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands.
MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES Stage debut at the National Opera São Carlos, Lisbon.
Mísia had her stage debut in the title role of Astor Piazzolla's "Maria de Buenos Aires" closing the 2006/2007 season of the Opera São Carlos in Lisbon. This was under stage director Désiré Meiser, conductor Victor Villena and choreographer Amir Hosseinpour.
In this new book of interviews with Hervé Pons Mísia talks for the first time about all significant periods of her life and career. Subjects include her difficult childhood, her roots and exile and the revelation of Fado. "The Fado of Mísia" is already available in Portuguese and French. English, Spanish and German versions are planned.
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS Production of the São Carlos National Theatre, Lisbon.
Mísia interprets the roles of Anna I and II in Kurt Weill's and Bertold Brecht's "The Seven Deadly Sins". In a production of the São Carlos National Theatre at the Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon) she performed together with the Choir of São Carlos National Theatre under Léopold Hager.
