Bastien and Bastienne

opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Portuguese version of the text: Ruth Salles NOTES Concerning the comic opera BASTIEN AND BASTIENNE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, great Austrian composer, was born in Salzburg, on January 27, 1756, and died in Vienna, on December 5, 1791, before turning 36…

Life is Dream

play by Calderón de La Barca translated and adapted by Ruth Salles NOTES Don Pedro Calderón de La Barca, a unique figure in Spanish theater, was born in 1600 in Madrid and died in 1681. His plays were so popular that his death represented a real calamity public. Faithful mirror of the customs of his time, Calderón was the…

The storm

play by William Shakespeare translation and adaptation: Ruth Salles NOTES The biography of William Shakespeare, considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time, is based on few documents. According to these, he was born in England, at Stratford-on-Avon, on the 23rd of April, 1564, and died in the same place and on the same day in 1616,…