Zaragoza, July 31 (EFE) .- The Eccehomo Borja (Zaragoza), a work that became world famous because of a controversy that underwent restoration you an octogenarian village, Cecilia Gimenez has already prepared his opera in the US.
Written in a tone of humor, this opera entitled “Behold the man” (Behold the Man), will be released in the spring 2016 in Boulder (Colorado), most likely in June, 2017 in the town of Zaragoza Borja, reveals EFE Andrew Flack, author of the libretto of the work.
The composition of this comic opera has been completed and just over a week last July 18, was made public a dramatic reading of the second act in a chapel in Boulder.
Inspired by the mass phenomenon in which It has become the eccehomo Sanctuary of Mercy of Borja, the work is based on Cecilia Gimenez, a woman whose fame has crossed national boundaries after a restoration that made fresh in August 2012.
work initially was considered a blight in the making, but soon became the main attraction of the village
From this it learned in Denver (Colorado) Andrew Flack, where he read the news. ” Crazy Old Woman Masterpiece Ruins Priceless! ” (An unbalanced old ruin a work of art) … “The neighbors were furious,” he recalls.
A Flack, Cecilia did not think any unbalanced, but gave very good impression, he says. The day after hearing the news he called the composer Paul Fowler, who had spent years asking him to write a comic opera, and said, “Paul here is the idea: a woman ruins a fresh low value and saves a city.”
From there he went on inquiring about all this mess and even in September 2013 was to meet Cecilia Borja. The following year, finished the script of the first act of the play and this July the second.
A total of nine people that sing in this opera, directed by Amanda Berg Wilson, including Marj Fowler singer in the role of Cecilia and her husband Dean Fowler in the mayor of Borja.
The concept that Andrew Flack has the octogenarian is superb and she is committed to interpret Borja work. “It’s a hero,” argues.
The first scene of the opera takes place in a church, in which Cecilia Gimenez, a Catholic and very religious woman, revealing Beatrice, her sister appears that It has appeared in a dream God and asked him to restore the church eccehomo. His sister, meanwhile, is worried and skeptical that task.
The setting of the church is decorated with an easel, on which rests a similar eccehomo Borja work.
In the second scene of the opera, restoring appears the mayor of Borja and other villagers talking about the economic crisis plaguing the country and Borja and begin to discuss strategies to attract tourists to the town, including this cool.
From there, actors and situations intertwine to end with the eccehomo as a mass phenomenon.
The church fresco restored by Cecilia Borja is the year 1930, Elias Martinez, a work that had gone down in history in his first eighty years of existence unnoticed, but has become a famous work.
The restoration was first subjected to all type of jokes, jokes and photomontages, but quickly became a viral phenomenon Interent and work has become a source of inspiration for all kinds of creations, music videos, songs, documentaries and even appeared in films like Torrente 5.
Since Borja, Cecilia, to its 85 years, is aware of the existence of this opera, EFE said. “I’ve received so much as sent to me from all over the world. In Germany, of all places,” says this woman, who recalled that “the principle” what happened “very bad” but has been “accustomed” .
“Now I thank all the people who come to Borja and when they see me, they say: Oh Cecilia can take a picture with me,” says
. Currently, Cecilia Giménez is not for photos, it is going “very bad season” for health reasons. “So I’m not good for anything,” says this lovely woman who is proud of his work and the good he has done to his people, who do not cease to get tourists from around the world.
Bethlehem Molleda
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