• For Whom the Bell Tolls
    drawing of bridge

    Still Photography

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Pilar Tells Her Story of the Massacre - Libretto text with illustrations by Mauricio Escobar Gomez
For Whom the Bell Tolls Opera
Premiere Production Photos
by Robson Cesco and Filipe Costa
From left: Vitor Monte as Anselmo, Rafael Ribeiro as Robert Jordan. Anselmo brings Robert Jordan to meet the others. Photo by Filipe Costa. Thayse Marques dances in Pilar's telling of the massacre. Photo by Filipe Costa. Jeffrey Dokken conducts with Isabel Quintela as Maria. Photo by Filipe Costa. From left: Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Rafael Ribeiro as Robert Jordan. Photo by Filipe Costa. From left: Roger Rodrigues as Rafael, Brésia Soares as Isabella, Ana Luisa Melo as Rosa, Jeàn Nardotto as Fernando. Photo by Filipe Costa. Roger Rodrigues as Rafael. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Brésia Soares, Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Jeàn Nardotto, Caroline Araujo, Paulo Santos, Bárbara Augusta Brasil Nicolau, Rafael Luiz da Silveira Ribeiro. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'We must help Sordo!' From left standing: Marina Pinheiro Xavier, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros, Roger Rodrigues Vieira, Brésia Soares, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, Paulo Santos, Daniel Menezes Feitos, João Paulo França Fernandes. From left kneeling: Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Caroline Araujo, Bárbara Augusta Brasil Nicolau, Rafael Luiz da Silveira Ribeiro. Photo by Robson Cesco. Preparing to blow up the bridge. Marcus Danielo dos Ouros as Anselmo. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'So you have come back , eh?' From left foreground: Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Bárbara Augusta Brasil Nicolau as Pilar. From left background: Caroline Araujo, Roger Rodrigues Vieira, Rafael Luiz da Silveira Ribeiro, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros, João Paulo França Fernandes, Paulo Santos. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Marcus Danielo dos Ouros, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Rafael Luiz da Silveira Ribeiro, Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro, Bárbara Augusta Brasil Nicolau, Gabriel Mendes Mesquit. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'It's time to attack!' From left foreground: Rafael Ribeiro as Robert Jordan, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima as Anselmo, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros as Agustín, Bárbara Augusta Brasil Nicolau as Pilar. From left background: Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Caroline Araujo, Iago Gabriel Melo de Jesus da Silva, photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Rafael Ribeiro as Robert Jordan, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima as Anselmo, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros as Agustín, Iago Gabriel Melo de Jesus da Silva. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'Let them come!' Rafael Ribeiro as Robert Jordan. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, Roger Rodrigues Vieira, Brésia Soares, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros, Caroline Araujo, Paulo Santos. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Mere Oliveira as Pilar. Photo by Robson Cesco.
From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Roger Rodrigues Vieira as Rafael, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima as Anselmo, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Tainá Moreira Baldez Silva, Roger Rodrigues Vieira, João Paulo França Fernandes, Caroline Araujo, Brésia Soares, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Paulo Santos, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. Center: Gabriel Mendes Mesquit. Photo by Robson Cesco. Center: Iago Gabriel Melo de Jesus da Silva. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'Will he love me?' Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Mere Oliveira as Pilar. Photo by Robson Cesco. Maestro Jeffrey Dokken and Orquestra Filarmônica de Brasília. Photo by Robson Cesco. Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan. Photo by Robson Cesco. Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Brésia Soares, Caroline Araujo, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins, Tainá Moreira Baldez Silva, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Mere Oliveira, Vitor Hugo de Sá do Monte Lima, Brésia Soares, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo, Caroline Araujo, Tainá Moreira Baldez Silva, Thayse Marques. Photo by Robson Cesco. Jamilly Cordeiro, Nicolas Madalena, Rainer Barbosa. Photo by Robson Cesco. Raphael Aragão on Harp. Photo by Robson Cesco.
Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo with ensemble. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Mere Oliveira as Pilar. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Brésia Soares, Daniel Menezes Feitos, Caroline Araujo, Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Daniel Menezes Feitos, Marcus Danielo dos Ouros, Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, Ana Luisa Santos de Melo. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, ensemble. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Brésia Soares, Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Jeàn Bogaroch Nardoto, João Paulo França Fernandes, Roger Rodrigues Vieira. Photo by Robson Cesco. Center from left: Mere Oliveira as Pilar, Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria, with ensemble. Photo by Robson Cesco. Maestro Jeffrey Dokken: Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Michael Axelsson as Robert Jordan, Isabel Quintela Soares Martins as Maria. Photo by Robson Cesco. Tainá Moreira Baldez Silva. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'Jordan's Lament' with ensemble. Photo by Robson Cesco. 'Curtain Call' From left: Marcus Danielo dos Ouros as Agustín, Gustavo Rocha Ribeiro as Pablo, Librettist David M. Dorsen, Dramaturg Bob Barnett, Composer Brian Wilbur Grundstrom, Staging Choreography Director Eliana Carneiro, Maestro Jeffrey Dokken. Photo by Robson Cesco. From left: Librettist David M. Dorsen, Mere Oliveira as Pilar. Photo by Robson Cesco.