The show Ornitópera has been awarded Best Opera and The Public Choice Award at the Young Audiences Music Awards (YAMAwards) 2024 after being nominated in the categories of Best Opera and Best Small Ensemble.
The Young Audiences Music Awards are international awards organized by Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) with the aim of identifying, support and reward creativity and innovation in the field of musical productions for children. for children. The nominees include institutions such as the Garsington Opera from England, the Oslo-Filharmonien from Norway or the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra of Denmark.
Ornitópera is a music-theatre show designed for the little ones and also for the adults they usually bring with them. One day, all the birds of the world gathered in a great assembly to address the serious problems they were all facing. It is not known why humans were not invited, perhaps because they caused most of them. most of them. Ornitópera is a story about birds, which is also a poem or metaphor about what is deepest about the human being. At the beginning there are no words, nor in the middle, and even less at the end. In Ornitópera the communication is made through music. The language of birds. Ornitópera is a co-production of the Companhia de Música Teatral with Casa das Artes de Vila Nova de Famalicão and Teatro Aveirense.