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Ópera do Malandro
O texto da Ópera do malandro é baseado na Ópera dos mendigos (1728), de John Gay, e na Ópera de três vinténs (1928), de Bertolt Brecht e Kurt Weill. O trabalho partiu de uma análise dessas duas peças conduzida por Luís Antônio Martinez Corrêa e que contou com a colaboração de Maurício Sette, Marieta Severo, Rita Murtinho e Carlos Gregório.
A peça retrata através da época Getulista os mecanismos da expansão capitalista no Brasil. Identificando o modo como isso se estrutura através da malandragem, Max Overseas, malandro carioca e bom vivant, acaba sucumbindo por não acompanhar esse processo de modernização.
A peça retrata através da época Getulista os mecanismos da expansão capitalista no Brasil. Identificando o modo como isso se estrutura através da malandragem, Max Overseas, malandro carioca e bom vivant, acaba sucumbindo por não acompanhar esse processo de modernização.
248 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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Chico Buarque
36 books500 followersFrancisco Buarque de Hollanda is popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro in particular.
Son of the academic Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived in several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and came to music through the bossa nova compositions of João Gilberto. He performed music throughout the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several of his fellow musicians, were threatened by the government and eventually left Brazil in 1970. He moved to Italy again. However, he came back to Brazil in 1971, one year before the others, and continued to record albums, perform, and write, though much of his material was not allowed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s, all of which were acclaimed critically.
Buarque came from a privileged intellectual family background—his father Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was a well-known historian, sociologist and journalist and his mother Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim was a painter and pianist. He is also brother of the singer Miucha. As a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old[1] and studying European literature, also at a young age.[2] One of his most consuming interests, however, was playing soccer, beginning at age four, which he still does today.[2] Though he was born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy.
Before becoming a musician, Buarque decided at one point to study architecture at the University of São Paulo, but this choice did not lead to a career in that field; for Buarque often skipped classes.
He made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows when bossa nova rhythm came to light and Nara Leão recorded three of his songs.[3] His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, written about a marching band, and soon released several more singles. Although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Música Popular Brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the leading musicians at the time,Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative.[3] However, an existentially themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva ("Live Cycle"), was frowned upon by the military government and Buarque served a short prison sentence because of it.[3] He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, which was not targeted by censors.
http://www.jobim.org/chico/
Son of the academic Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived in several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and came to music through the bossa nova compositions of João Gilberto. He performed music throughout the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several of his fellow musicians, were threatened by the government and eventually left Brazil in 1970. He moved to Italy again. However, he came back to Brazil in 1971, one year before the others, and continued to record albums, perform, and write, though much of his material was not allowed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s, all of which were acclaimed critically.
Buarque came from a privileged intellectual family background—his father Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was a well-known historian, sociologist and journalist and his mother Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim was a painter and pianist. He is also brother of the singer Miucha. As a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old[1] and studying European literature, also at a young age.[2] One of his most consuming interests, however, was playing soccer, beginning at age four, which he still does today.[2] Though he was born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy.
Before becoming a musician, Buarque decided at one point to study architecture at the University of São Paulo, but this choice did not lead to a career in that field; for Buarque often skipped classes.
He made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows when bossa nova rhythm came to light and Nara Leão recorded three of his songs.[3] His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, written about a marching band, and soon released several more singles. Although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Música Popular Brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the leading musicians at the time,Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative.[3] However, an existentially themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva ("Live Cycle"), was frowned upon by the military government and Buarque served a short prison sentence because of it.[3] He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, which was not targeted by censors.
http://www.jobim.org/chico/
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June 15, 2014
Para ver e não para ler...
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April 2, 2024 MIMI
(...) O João Alegre disse que, em peça dele, fodido é que fala mais alto. Diz que, em letreiro de teatro dele, fodido vai ser estrelo e estrelo vai se foder.
Chico se tu me quiseres sou muito sua fã tá
(...) O João Alegre disse que, em peça dele, fodido é que fala mais alto. Diz que, em letreiro de teatro dele, fodido vai ser estrelo e estrelo vai se foder.
Chico se tu me quiseres sou muito sua fã tá
May 11, 2022
Delicioso de ler
A vontade que me deu ao acabar é de montar a peça
A vontade que me deu ao acabar é de montar a peça
February 14, 2024
Uma obra bastante curiosa...
Tomara que volte a ser encenada algum dia...
Tomara que volte a ser encenada algum dia...
April 29, 2020
Um "livro" que se torna numa peça dentro da nossa cabeça, com luzes adereços e música e tudo! Dei por mim a rir várias vezes das situações caricatas desta história e dos diálogos que só seriam possíveis em português do Brasil. De caminho, vi também o filme, mas não me deu a mesma satisfação. Melhor mesmo, só vendo em cena.
December 5, 2018
Assustador estar lendo essa peça 4 décadas depois de quando ela foi escrita e ela ainda ser absurdamente real. 😔
November 27, 2024
ia amar a volta dessa peça aos teatros!!
March 23, 2021
Lançada em 1978, mas ambientada nos anos 40, a peça é uma adaptação da Ópera do Mendigos de John Gay e da Ópera dos Três vinténs de Bertolt Brecht e Kurt Weill, também criada sobre a de Gay. Mas em Chico o tema da malandragem, presente nas anteriores, ganha um aspecto mais abrangente, que engloba vários tipos sociais numa espécie de rede de comportamentos que conformam a maneira de ser brasileiro.
Como em outras peças de Chico, as canções são um componente essencial. Compostas no contexto da obra, elas terminaram se independizando do enredo e sendo veiculadas à parte, algumas estão entre as mais conhecidas do repertório do autor: Terezinha, O Meu Amor, Pedaço de Mim, Homenagem ao Malandro e Geni e o Zepelim. Esta última, a canção da personagem Geni, uma prostituta travesti, que de certa forma representa o próprio Brasil. Apesar dessa desvinculação entre peça e música, as canções são melhor compreendidas quando lidas no contexto da obra.
Como em outras peças de Chico, as canções são um componente essencial. Compostas no contexto da obra, elas terminaram se independizando do enredo e sendo veiculadas à parte, algumas estão entre as mais conhecidas do repertório do autor: Terezinha, O Meu Amor, Pedaço de Mim, Homenagem ao Malandro e Geni e o Zepelim. Esta última, a canção da personagem Geni, uma prostituta travesti, que de certa forma representa o próprio Brasil. Apesar dessa desvinculação entre peça e música, as canções são melhor compreendidas quando lidas no contexto da obra.
January 28, 2014
Uma delícia de ler.
April 14, 2014
Very good and good-humoured account of the underworld life in Rio de Janeiro.
September 4, 2023
Linda peça de teatro que virou filme, o Rio é apaixonante.
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