The Sopars Lírics al 7 Portes founded by Roger Alier, now with two singers per recital
The formula of combining two singers per recital was appreciated by the public of the Sopars Lírics al 7 Portes cycle when it was launched last year to celebrate a 10th edition in which a large number of artists wanted to pay tribute to the founder, Roger Alier. Following the line of the late critic and historian, who created the Sopars to give an outlet to new talent, each recital will again feature a young voice but adding an older one. This Thursday the 11th edition begins with two sopranos, two baritones and two tenors in three recitals.
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The opening act will be Óscar Encinas (Barcelona, 1998), son of the eminent tenor Ignacio Encinas and winner of the last two roles at the Sabadell Opera School. He will sing the iconic “Una furtiva lagrima” ( L'elisir d'amore ) and “La donna è mobile” ( Rigoletto ), or the tenor aria from Romeo and Juliet , with which Mirna Lacambra won the competition. He will be assisted by pianist Josep Buforn and by soprano Tabita Martínez, a 35-year-old Chilean who fits the model of Latin American sopranos who come to Catalonia to improve their skills.
Oscar Encinas and Tabita Martínez will finish off the Rigoletto-Gilda duo while diners enjoy cod a la llauna and battered calçotsThis particular artist will be performing at the Conservatori del Liceu, where this year she will be Pamina in The Magic Flute . Her programme for the 7 Portes includes an aria from this Mozartian role, another from Manon by Massenet, and Adina from L'elisir d'amore . They will end up together in the Rigoletto-Gilda duet while the diners enjoy codfish a la llauna and battered calçots.
Read alsoThe next Sopar will be on March 27, with the baritone Carlos Varela, also from the Escola d'Òpera de Sabadell, a young promise offered by the Fundación Ópera Actual, which recently awarded him a scholarship. He is accompanied by the professional tenor Beñat Ugiarte, whom Alier himself discovered in his time. And the last dinner (May 8) brings together the soprano Maria Patak, the Italian who is studying a Master's degree in singing at the Conservatori del Liceu with the Ferrer Salat scholarship and who won the 7 Portes Prize in the Josep Palet 2024 competition. He is accompanied by the Catalan Guillem Batllori, a baritone who has been to the Germanys and who will participate in the new Lohengrin at the Liceu, this March.
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