First Brazilian production of this title of the German Baroque composer, from 1761, whose libretto by Daniel Schiebel is based on one of the most famous passages of the book of Cervantes.
Performances: 12, 13, 14 and 15 May 2011, Salão Leopoldo Miguez, Escola de Música da UFRJ
Itinerancy: 3 performances in Campos, Nitéroi and Petrópolis (26 May, 02 and 16 June)
Musical direction and conducting at the harpsichord: Marcelo Fagerlande
Direction: José Henrique Moreira
Cast
Don Quixote: Fernando Lourenço
Sancho Panza: Leandro da Costa
Basílio: André Cantanhede
Quitéria: Paola Soneghetti
Grisóstoma: Júlia Anjos
Pedrillo: Bruno Pimentel
Camacho: Luan Góes
Orquestra Sinfônica da UFR