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Nicolás Isasi

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Nicolás Isasi (La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987) is an Argentine film and opera director, musician, professor and art critic.

Early life[edit]

Nicolás Isasi was born in La Plata. He began studying saxophone at the age of ten at the Gilardo Gilardi's Conservatory of Music founded by maestro Alberto Ginastera.:[1] He studied at Universidad del Cine and opera stage direction at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.[2][3] In 2011, in parallel to his theatrical studies, he received a scholarship from Ibermedia to attend the EICTV Acting Direction seminar at the CECAN in Tenerife. A disciple of Ponchi Morpurgo (colleague of the Argentine painter and production designer Raúl Soldi), he worked in his university catedra as well as in his latest artistic productions.[4] [5] As a musician he was a member of the Orquesta Estudiantil de Buenos Aires under the baton of the Argentine conductor and composer Guillermo Jorge Zalcman.[6][7] His short film Intersection is an introspective work of suspense that talks about the link between life and death.[8] It was shot at the Eric Alport Puleston's house[9] and at the La Plata Museum when he was 20 years old and is his first 16mm film to be screened abroad, participating in the Cuzco International Film Festival.[10]

Career[edit]

In 2012, during his opera studies at the Teatro Colón, Isasi staged his first opera production for the Opera Joven Company.[11] As an opera stage director he has presented Bastien und Bastienne, Apollo et Hyacinthus and Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Cantante[12] by Joseph Haydn, Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II.[13][14][15] His graduation thesis at the Teatro Colón was the Argentine premiere of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha. The work was a resounding success with a team of 60 young Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean artists from the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music, Manuel de Falla, López Buchardo, UNA and ISATC conservatories.[16][17] On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of maestro Constantino Juri, a special performance was held in his honor. Regarding this project, the prestigious newspaper Buenos Aires Herald referred to Nicolás Isasi in an article as follows[18]:

Three performances will be offered at the Empire by a new group, Oíd Opera. The musical director is also the orchestrator: Leandro Soldano. In the small orchestra two members seemed to me outstanding, the pianist and the trumpeter. Others need improving. The producer, Nicolás Isasi, respected the piece´s naiveté with simple movements, and the stage props were essentially corn stalks, cotton plants and bales of hay. (…) The group of little-known but talented singers included especially the fresh presence of Natalia Albero as a tall, lithe Treemonisha with a bright soprano voice, well matched by her adoptive mother Monisha (Lucía Alonso, mezzosoprano), the booming bass of Ned, her "father" (Carlos Ammirata), the nice timbre of Matías Klemm (Remus, tenor).

— Pablo Bardin, Study in contrast deep south opera, Buenos Aires Herald, 2013

Since 2016, he has been working as assistant director to Polish director Michał Znaniecki in various opera, theater and musical projects in Argentina, Poland and Italy as the Festival Opera Tigre.[19][20] In 2019, he was a semi-finalist (World Top Ten) of the NANO OPERA International Competition for young opera stage directors organized by the Helikon Theater of Russia (Moscow) and televised by the Russia Culture channel.[21][22]

European Debut[edit]

The Fundaçao Casa de Mateus announced in 2023 the European debut of Nicolás Isasi as stage director in the most important event of the program of the XXXI edition of the International Music Festival celebrated at the Mateus Palace in Portugal.[23] They will present the premiere of “As Damas Trocadas ou o Diabo a Quatro” (1797) by Marcos Portugal with an international cast.[24] This new version of the work by Marcos Portugal and Giuseppe Foppa will be directed by Nicolás Isasi, in his European debut, and conducted by Ricardo Bernandes, who will lead the Orquesta Barroca de Mateus.[25] It will star Luanda Siqueira, Mariana Castello-Brando, Christian Lujan, Fernando Araújo, Marcio Soares Holanda, and Calebe Barros.[26] The original version of “As Damas Trocadas” premiered in Venice in 1797 and was since performed in Paris, London, Madrid, Lisbon, and Rio de Janeiro. The work explores the relationship betweenan unsatified countess and her husband and the confused identities and swaps the result.[27] This will be the first performance in history with period instruments and in Portuguese, with the Mateus Barroca Orchestra at the Vila Real Theater.[28] The creation process took place in the palace that has been a Portuguese national monument since 1910.[29] The Argentine newspaper Clarín highlighted the link with Jorge Luis Borges in an article entitled "A young Argentine opera director, in a connection with Borges, established in Portugal"[30]:

“The first sketches of this performance emerge in the gardens of the Mateus Palace, in Vila Real. Enter the music and the passages, start to gain by the concepts of labyrinth, of speech and of brain, fundamental to the concretization of the visual purpose. These ideas materialized in photographs, drawings and imaginary spatial marks were transferred to other planes, both in the scenery and in the animated projects (...) During the work process that alternated between Vila Real and Lisbon, I discovered that Jorge Luis Borges is of Portuguese descent . His beloved Francisco (around 1770) lived in Torre de Moncorvo, in northern Portugal, before emigrating to Argentina. This city is located an hour from Vila Real, where we will present the As Damas Trocadas area. This new production by Marcos Portugal in Vila Real with period instruments and in a Portuguese version, is a way to preserve the musical legacy of Marcos Portugal and, on the other hand, pays homage to our greatest writer."

— Nicolás Isasi, A young Argentinian opera director, Clarín, 2023

Several national and international media highlighted the public's attendance, acceptance and interest in this production, which could reach several Portuguese stages in the coming months.[31] [32] [33]The cultural program of the Mateus Palace crosses music, literature, dance and scientific dissemination, betting on multidisciplinary artistic residencies and the premiere of an opera. The documents of this new coproduction of the Teatro Vila Real and the Casa de Mateus Foundation are based on those of Rio de Janeiro.[34][35] The daily newspaper of music and thought mundoclasico.com wrote a review entitled "a cosmopolitan utopia", which remained the most read in the ranking for more than ten days.[36] Regarding the direction and scenography of Nicolás Isasi, they considered that:

«The plastic result was not only fortunate and beautiful but also fulfilled the desired union between the music of Marcos Portugal and the writing of Borges "reflected from window to window and multiplied in these gardens of forking paths." The acting direction was respectful of the traditional codes of farce, without concessions to supposedly historicist archaisms or updates to current film comedy, but pleasantly peppered with nods to silent cinema.»

— Xoán Carreira, Una utopía cosmopolita, Mundoclasico, August 2023

The musicologist David Cranmer, a specialist in the work of Marcos Portugal, present on the day of the premiere where he gave a lecture on the composer, wrote the article "As ladies trocadas – context, receção e renascença" in which he rescued part of the event that occurred opera in its time.[37]

Out of Mind[edit]

Out Of Mind,[38] his latest pandemic film, premiered in England, received the Best Experimental Film Award at the Indie Online Film Festival, the Special Jury Award for Best Actor for Andy Coast at the Europe Film Festival, best musical composition for the Italian pianist and composer Matteo Ramon Arevalos at the Tamilnadu International Film Fest, the award for the best actor for Andy Coast and the best screenplay for Angela Gentile at the Sittannavasal International Film Festival and two honorable mentions at the Bloomington Indiana Film Festival and at the Cefalù Film Festival (Sicily).[39] The writer and teacher Angela Gentile, poet invited to the Ibero-American meeting for the 800th anniversary of the University of Salamanca, commenting on this award, declared in an interview[40]

"Nicolás Isasi, a talented young man from La Plata, film director, opera director and musician, was kind enough to summon me. A vote of confidence in my poems. The words are incredibly free and allow you to travel through them so that they meet and adapt to the images. An assemblage of senses was the process, an absolute freedom"

— Angela Gentile, 2022-09-28, “La necesidad de testimoniar la existencia es lo que te lleva a escribir”, Contarte Cultura

Out of Mind was also screened in Italy, India, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Brazil, United States, Canada, Japan, Argentina[41] and at the Valencia Biennale in Spain.[42][43]

Critic[edit]

Since 2010, Isasi has written hundreds of publications including essays, articles, interviews and reviews of national and international shows for newspapers, magazines and books on film, theater, music, opera, dance, visual arts, TV, concerts, exhibitions, festivals and recitals where he reflects the experience accumulated in his career as a spectator, observer, critic and director.[44][45] He wrote for El arte de la fuga (Madrid), The Pandect (Pondicherry), Moog (Montevideo), MiraBA (Buenos Aires) and the newspaper El Día (La Plata). Over the years he has interviewed art personalities such as André Rieu, Ewen Bremner, Damián Szifrón, Oscar Martínez, Andy Muschietti, Julio Bocca. As a film critic, for more than a decade he has frequently attended the latest editions of the international film festivals. Nicolás Isasi was one of the organizers of the First Ragtime Festival in Argentina, where great American ragtime musicians such as Bryan Wright[46], Brian Holland[47] and Danny Coots[48] played at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires in 2014.[49] At as a request of the Ortega y Gasset Fundation[50], Nicolás Isasi was a lecturer together with Professor Jorge Troisi Meleán[51] in the opera series: A Journey to the opera: History of power and prestige and Opera and History II: Spain and Italy.[52] He also participated in the First International Festival of Greco-Argentine Theater Congress in Buenos Aires and the International Hellenic Congress Nostos 2022 at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).[53]

Film Productions[edit]

All films since 2005.[54]

Year Title Director Screenwriter Art Dep. Assist. Dir.
2005 Juntos Yes Yes Yes Yes
2005 El Silencio Yes Yes
2005 Vecinos Yes Yes
2005 La mujer del piano Yes Yes
2006 Tentaciones Yes
2006 Cambalache Yes
2007 El árbol Yes Yes
2007 Doctor's Jazz Band Yes Yes
2007 Noche Yes
2007 Mientras Inglaterra Duerme Yes
2007 La arena Yes
2007 El eslabón fallido Yes
2007 Paseo por el bosque Yes Yes Yes
2008 Intersección Yes Yes
2008 Isósceles Yes Yes
2008 Los extranjeros Yes
2008 De tres cuerpos Yes
2008 Impunidad Yes
2009 Fantasma de Buenos Aires Yes
2010 Las veinte primaveras Yes
2010 El teatro de Howell Yes
2011 graFEETi Yes Yes
2013 Mi nombre es Arturo Yes
2014 The Awakening Yes
2015 Perdidos en la ciudad Yes
2021 OUT OF MIND Yes Yes

Opera Productions[edit]

All operas since 2012.[55]

Year Title Director Assistant of Dir. Assistant of fig Assistant of Product
2007 rigoletto yes
2007 madam butterfly yes
2007 El niño and the spells yes
2007 Dona Francisquita yes
2007 the Spanish hour yes
2008 Romeo and Juliet yes
2008 The Wedding of Figaro yes
2008 The barber of Seville yes
2009 the gay widow yes
2009 The spinster and the thief yes
2009 Amelia al ballo yes
2009 the gay widow yes
2010 Manon Lescaut yes
2010 Così fan tutte yes
2011 Gianni Schicchi yes
2011 The Murciélago yes
2011 The Pearl Fishermen yes
2011 Il trovatore yes
2012 The Wedding of Figaro yes
2012 The Bohemian Girl yes
2012 Trouble in Tahiti yes
2012 rough yes
2012 don giovanni yes
2012 The friend Fritz yes
2012 rustic cavalry yes
2013 the magic flute yes
2013 El niño and the spells yes
2013 Bastian and Bastiana yes yes
2013 treemonisha yes yes yes
2013 Apollo and Jacinto yes yes
2014 porgy and bess yes
2014 Luisa Fernanda yes
2014 the singer yes yes
2014 rustic cavalry yes yes
2015 El Murcielago yes yes
2017 Il viaggio d'Ulise yes yes yes
2017 Hoffmann's Tales yes
2017 The Trovatore yes
2017 Pagliacci yes
2018 Ariadna's hair yes yes yes
2019 flis yes yes yes

Theater Productions[edit]

All plays since 2011.[56][57]

Year Title Director Assistant Set Assistant Audiovisual
2011-2012 La cantante calva Yes
2012-2013 Gala Veneciana Yes
2013-2015 Más allá de esas sierras Yes Yes
2017-2019 Piso 35[58] Yes Yes
2018 Los hilos de Ariadna Yes Yes
2018 El casamiento Yes Yes
2021 Dante 700 Yes
2014-2021 El huérfano feliz Yes

Further reading[edit]

  • Stamponi, Guillermo (2016). El Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón (1a ed ed.). Buenos Aires Ciudad: Mecenazgo. ISBN 978-987-33-9669-4.
  • Isasi, Nicolás. Entre árboles y hojas 2 (La importancia de la música). Buenos Aires, Editorial del Árbol, 2018.
  • Rozzi de Bergel, Ana María (2020). Las voces del Teatro Empire. Colección Biblioteca Proteatro (Primera edición ed.). Ciudad de Buenos Aires: EUDEBA. ISBN 978-950-23-2986-4.
  • Cefalù, Festival di (2022). Festival del cinema di Cefalù. ISBN 9798809633604
  • Biennal de València: ciutat vella oberta 2019+2021. València: Generalitat Valenciana. 2022. ISBN 978-84-482-6793-3.[59]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Morosi, Pablo (20 April 2023). "Compositor majestuoso y exponente de la música clásica: ¿quién fue Alberto Ginastera?". www.0221.com.ar (in español).
  2. ↑ "Nicolás Isasi's Productions and cv". Alternativa. Comunidad en escena.
  3. ↑ "UCINE". ucine.edu.ar.
  4. ↑ Factory, Troop Software. "Ponchi Morpurgo | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in español).
  5. ↑ CHARLAS DESTACADAS CON NICOLAS ISASI, retrieved 2022-12-02
  6. ↑ "Buenos Aires Ciudad - Educación - Orquesta Estudiantil". buenosaires.gob.ar.
  7. ↑ "Conductor compositions". Werke von Guillermo Jorge Zalcman.
  8. ↑ "NICOLÁS ISASI Artist Director Musician Writer". NICOLÁS ISASI Artist Director Musician Writer (in español). 2022-03-02.
  9. ↑ "Puleston y la sorprendente historia del Balneario Sauce Grande". Noticias Monte Hermoso (in español). 2021-02-22.
  10. ↑ "Director IMDb profile". IMDb.
  11. ↑ "Ópera Joven Company". www.martablanco.com.ar.
  12. ↑ ""La cantante", de Haydn - Espectáculos". www.eldia.com.
  13. ↑ World, Opera (2014-09-18). "Una ópera "a pulmón", Compañía Itinerante, Cantante, Esterh. Espectáculos, 17 de septiembre de 2014, Diario El Día, La Plata, Argentina". Opera World (in español).
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  15. ↑ "Exquisito programa de música vocal francesa con una ópera de Saint Saëns en el Teatro Empire". Opera desde hoy.
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  18. ↑ Bardin, Pablo (2013). "Study in contrast deep south opera". Buenos Aires Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2023-09-04. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  22. ↑ Clarín.com (2019-08-15). "Nicolás Isasi: el joven director platense que se destacó en un certamen de ópera en Rusia". Clarín (in español).
  23. ↑ "AS DAMAS TROCADAS | Ópera de Marcos Portugal". www.casademateus.pt.
  24. ↑ "Programação da Casa de Mateus inclui estreia de ópera barroca em Vila Real". Programação da Casa de Mateus inclui estreia de ópera barroca em Vila Real (in português).
  25. ↑ "Isasi, a Portugal para una régie". Radio Clásica Argentina (in español).
  26. ↑ Quiroga, Nicolás (2023-07-18). "Fundaçao Casa de Mateus to Present Marcos Portugal's 'As Damas Trocadas'". OperaWire.
  27. ↑ Correspondente', 'Vicente Nunes- (2023-07-20). "Maestro brasileiro comandará ópera de autor ligado a Dom Pedro I". Diversão e Arte (in português).
  28. ↑ DIA, BOM (2023-04-21). "O verão de Vila Real vai ser na Casa de Mateus". BOM DIA Suíça (in português).
  29. ↑ "Jardins da Casa de Mateus são palco para espetáculo de dança e música | e-cultura". www.e-cultura.pt.
  30. ↑ Clarín.com (2023-07-12). "Un joven director de ópera argentino, en conexión con Borges, estrena en Portugal". Clarín (in español).
  31. ↑ Pearson, Miranda (2023-08-14). "Um jovem encenador de ópera argentino, em ligação com Borges, estreia-se em Portugal". amadoramaisempresas.pt (in português).
  32. ↑ Boratti, Paula (2023-08-21). "From La Plata to Portugal: Nicolás Isasi shone in his debut as an opera director". www.0221.com.ar (in español).
  33. ↑ Ferreira, Diana (2023-07-20). "As Damas Trocadas: estreia moderna de ópera de Marcos Portugal, em Vila Real". PÚBLICO (in português).
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  35. ↑ ""As damas trocadas" cantada em português estreia-se em Vila Real". Notícias ao Minuto (in português). 2023-07-20.
  36. ↑ "Una utopía cosmopolita". Mundoclasico.com (in español).
  37. ↑ Cranmer, David (2023-08-15). "As damas trocadas – contexto, receção e renascença". Mundoclasico.com (in español).
  38. ↑ OUT OF MIND TEASER.mp4, retrieved 2023-03-28
  39. ↑ "OUT OF MIND". MiraBA Magazine (in español). 2021-09-30.
  40. ↑ Cultura, Contarte (2022-09-28). "Ángela Gentile: "La necesidad de testimoniar la existencia es lo que te lleva a escribir" - Contarte Cultura". contarte.com.ar (in español).
  41. ↑ Festival Cine Inusual, retrieved 2023-03-28
  42. ↑ Out of mind (Short 2021) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-03-28
  43. ↑ "POETRY FILMS 2022". Poetic Phonotheque. 2022-11-10.
  44. ↑ Isasi, Nicolás. "Conductor Review". El Día.
  45. ↑ "Nicolás Isasi es director de cine y ópera, músico crítico de arte, autor y profesor argentino, oriundo de La Plata". www.0221.com.ar (in español). 21 August 2023.
  46. ↑ "Ragtime composer and musician". West Coast Ragtime Performers.
  47. ↑ "Buenos Aires Ragtime Festival Musician". Syncopated Times. 11 December 2016.
  48. ↑ "The Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival".
  49. ↑ "Buenos Aires Ragtime Festival". Diario Clarín. 30 October 2014.
  50. ↑ "Programa de Opera". Fundación Ortega y Gasset (Argentina).
  51. ↑ "Recently Awarded PhD's". Emory University. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-12-02. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  52. ↑ "Un viaje a la ópera. Historia de poder y prestigio" | Clase 1: Prof. Troisi e Isasi, retrieved 2022-12-02
  53. ↑ "Nostos Program Congress". Nostos Asociación Cultural Helénica.
  54. ↑ "Peliculas".
  55. ↑ "Die fledermaus".
  56. ↑ "Performances on theatre".
  57. ↑ "Absurd in the office". La Unión.
  58. ↑ "Revista Colofón".
  59. ↑ Biennal de València: ciutat vella oberta 2019+2021. València: Generalitat Valenciana. 2022. ISBN 978-84-482-6793-3. Search this book on


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