Citizen Violet

It is the songs of Violeta Parra that weave this musical theater work written and directed by the brothers Gopal and Visnu Ibarra. Neither his biography nor a chronology structure the narrative. The story column is a selection of compositions among which are Let the students live, Absent Violet, The Gardener, How sorry the soul feels, What will the Holy Father say and Arauco has a sorrow.

The work seeks to rescue Violeta's spirit, building a dramaturgy guided by her own songs. Here Parra's voice multiplies. A choir of 100 people, between 8 and 80 years old, performs their compositions together with five musicians. But the character Violeta Parra is only played by girls from 8 to 12.

The Ibarra brothers have previously worked directing massive casts in the musical theater works Víctor sin Víctor Jara and Numancia, both premiered at GAM. Since 2015 they have worked on training citizen choirs in Santiago, Chillán and Valparaíso.

Direction: Gopal and Visnu Ibarra
Choreographer: Tania Rojas
Graphic design: Francisco Candelori
Vocal directors: Ema Pinto, Felipe Lagos
Assistant director: Pablo Muza
Production assistants: Carol Badilla, Nicole Gutiérrez
Musical composer: Cristóbal Montes
Lighting and set designer: Valentina San Juan
General production and dissemination: Francisca Babul
Cast: Ayelén Isla, Amanda Olivares, Olivia Vargas, Vicente Ignacio Meléndez, Sofía Espinoza, Emilia González, Isidora García, Millantu Hilbert, Lenin Dimas, Noemie Barreaux, Eloísa Rojas, Anaís Puebla, Michele Botto, Paula Arias, Isidora Toledo, Esperanza Gómez, Cinthia Abarca, Danay Cortés, Lucía Olmos, Katrina Vera, Axa González, Flavia Monsalve, Muriel Martín, Charel Huaiquilaf, Lorena Garrido, Lucile Moal, Fernanda Aqueveque, Katherine Soto, Constanza Marín, María Soledad Marasso, Matilde Alvear, Margarita Maira, Marcela Muñoz, Mónica Sandoval, Estefanía Flores, Belén Luarte, Pabla Flores, Pamela Jara, Constanza Díaz, Bárbara Nuñez, Loreto Pantoja, Jarelly Morales, Loreto González, Natalia Alvarado, Carolina Villagra, Tania Medalla, Yasna Millaqueo, Lorena Ceballos, Sofia Santelices, Maria Eugenia Peña, Johanna Barrenechea, Jeannette Novoa, Maria Carolina Solervicens, Jacqueline Rojas, Celia Fernández, Ana María Clavero, Maria Cecilia Squicciarini, Maria Eliana Squicciarini, Clara Barahona, Cristina Arancibia, Isabel Chacón, Mónica Pérez, Rosa Serrano, Verónica Arancibia, Catalina Finlez, Elizabeth Alfaro, Cecilia Saavedra, Rosi Herrera, Pablo Pérez, Matías Vargas, Felipe Calderón, Sebastián Poblete, Cristóbal Cruz, Carlos Carvajal, Ignacio Pozo, Franco Falcón, Rodrigo Arévalo, Matías Carrasco, Byron Valladares, Fabián Villalobos, Jorge Abarzúa, Bastián Lienlaf, Gonzalo Pérez, Ignacio Cabrera, Sergio Estrada, Manuel Meléndez, Matías Flores, Esteban Cortez, Marcos Fernández, Cristián Duarte, Ariel Martínez, Pablo Ortega, Cristian Dimas, Nicolás de Terán Silva, Patricio Vallejos, Álvaro Gaete, David Arellano, Ricardo Jaramillo, Jorge Mutis, Hernán Aguirre, Luis Torres, Víctor Hugo Torres, Santiago Carcavilla, Diego Cabrera, David Molina, Osvaldo Gavilán.

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The work premiered at GAM in October 2017.