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Ópera do Malandro (1978) is a Brazilian musical play, written by Chico Buarque and directed by Luiz Antônio Martinez Corrêa.
Contents
- 01 o malandro die moritat von mackie messer pera do malandro chico buarque
- pera do malandro chico buarque filme completo
- Synopsis and analysis
- Technical staff first execution
- Track list
- Comments
- References
The play is inspired by the classic Beggar's Opera of John Gay and the Threepenny Opera, of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. It's also a post-mortem tribute to Paulo Pontes (1940–1976) (pt).
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Synopsis and analysis
The Ópera do Malandro reveals past features of Brazilian culture that still persist.
A pimp called Duran disguises himself as a successful salesman. Vitória was a madam who also lived by selling her own body. Her daughter, Teresinha, had fallen in love with a high status citizen, Max Overseas, a man that lived of wrongdoing in complicity with the chief Police officer, Chaves. The other characters are prostitutes, presented as saleswomen in a clothes store, and the promiscuous transvestite Geni, who was frequently attacked with rocks; people used to say she was "useful" because of this.
The play's scene takes place in the 1940s; its theme: the gambling prohibition, the prostitution and smuggling. Then it shows a context similar to the third millennium, with piracy and other undergrounds.
Max Overseas really works in overseas business, even on the threshold of legality, in collusion with a pimp and the chief Police officer.
All of the songs are composed by Chico, who, due to his brightness, manages to make them in harmony with the text. The song Geni e o Zepelim (the ouverture), tells about a transvestite whose only gift or skill is to be good as a victim of hostility. This fact, that is only revealed to spectators of the show, means that she has no value.
Nevertheless, when the captain of a bright zeppelin intends to bombard the city, accepting to change his mind only if he had a night of love with the transvestite, all the citizens ask her to consent to the captain's desires.
The songs follow the pattern of rhymed and metrical verses, according to the intellectual tradition of the author's family.
Technical staff (first execution)
The official source gives us the following information:
Crew:
Cast - in order of entry:
Track list
Songs used in the play are:
Comments
Most critics were positive, complimenting the veracity of its portrayal of the hypocritical Brazilian society of the 40-70's.