Alexandre Delgado (born 1965) is a
Portuguese composer from
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
. He is the composer of the
chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...
''
O doido e a morte'' (Death and the Madman) (1993), which premièred at the
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon in November 1994, and was later staged at the
Theater am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin in December 1996 with Delgado conducting.
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See also
*List of Portuguese composers
This is a chronological list of notable classical Portuguese composers.
Middle Ages
*King Dinis I, King of Portugal, composer and troubadour. He composed more than 200 cantigas.
Renaissance
*Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465–after 1535), compo ...
References
Portuguese composers
Portuguese male composers
1965 births
Living people
Musicians from Lisbon
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