A VIDA É SÓ PRA CANTAR (Life is All About Singing)
UNIVERSITY THEATRE, NOVEMBER, 2002.
The year was 1982. In this very same theatre, Izaíra Silvino directed “Porque o canto existe” (Why There Is Singing), a choir spectacle that announced stage posture changes in both the choirmaster and the singers. As the university's motto states “O Universal Pelo Regional” (Something along the words: making universal all things that are regional), we sang, at that point, a northeastern repertoir in a brazilian choir spectacle.
Driven by the desire of a democratic opening, the young people who were part of “Coral da UFC” in a moment when a movement that would later be known as “coral cênico” (scenic choir) was emerging (even though all choirs are scenic), would move mountains of sound in the hope of better times, politically and socially speaking.
20 years had gone by and, at least in Fortaleza, choirs would rarely move on stage. The colective singing was contaminated by dispair and dismantled. A hopelessness in collective actions took place and some people would take credit for what could've been shared.
However, to renew our collective vows, Coral da UFC went on and insisted in making a brazilian spectacle, with brazilian music, focusing on dreams and nightmares of our daily lives without restraints. Here we stood, together, reminding ourselves that: life is movement, life is in motion and “A VIDA É SÓ PRA CANTAR”!
Repertory
Um girassol da cor do seu cabelo – Lô Borges/Márcio Borges
Arr. Elvis Matos
As diversas faces da música – Josete Jail/Luis Carlos Prata
Madalena – Ivan Lins/Ronaldo M. de Souza
Arr. André Vidal
Pot-pourri rock mulher (Sopranos)
Arr. the staff
Gatinha manhosa – Roberto Carlos/Erasmo Carlos
Arr. Marcos Leite
Canário do reino (Contraltos) – Carvalho/Zapata
Arr. the staff
Família – Arnaldo Antunes/Tony Bellotto
Arr. André Vidal
Cálice – Chico Buarque/Gilberto Gil
Arr. André Vidal
O dia em que faremos contato (Baixos) – Lenine/Bráulio Tavares
Arr. the staff
Prelúdio (Tenores) – Raul Seixas
Arr. the staff
Corsário – João Bosco/Aldir Blanc
Arr. André Vidal
Anunciação – Alceu Valença
Arr. André Vidal
A vida é só pra cantar – C. François/Subway/Gysbi/T. Greef/E. Gómez/T. da Vila
Arr. Erwin Schrader
O sol nascerá – Cartola
Arr. Elvis Matos
Technical Records
Soprano: Agnes Cavalcante, Alessandra Araújo, Cristina Melo, Lia Venturieri, Márcia Matos, Marisol Albano, Minéia Pena, Regilene Lima and Zenilda Costa.
Alto: Christiane Gomes, Cristina Nogueira, Drica Montenegro, Fabiane Machado, Isabel Brito, Laisse de Carvalho, Rosa Ângela Moura and Thatiane Paiva.
Tenor: Daniel Sombra, Enéias Pena, Fernando Rosa, Igor Chaves, Vicente de Paula and Washington Menezes.
Bass: Brenner Marques, Daniel Gomes, Giseldo Junior, Guilherme Gomes, Paulo César Linhares and Simplício Filho.
Conduction: Erwin Schrader
Vocal Guidance: Luís Carlos Prata
Lightning: Álvaro Brasil Neto
Scenery Props: Lia Venturieri
Costume: the staff
Poems: Florbela Espanca, Cecília Meireles, Natália Correa and Washington Menezes
Photos: Pedro Humberto
Assistant Direction: Elvis Matos
Direction: Erwin Schrader
Thanks: Betânia Montenegro, Francisco Castro, Edílson Soares, Elvis Matos, Geraldo Jesuíno, Joca Andrade and Pedro Humberto.