Aldo Brizzi — Catalogue of compositions

Operas

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Operatic and stage works: a selection of central titles in Aldo Brizzi’s catalogue.

Titles

I-Juca Pirama Opera nata dall’incontro fra Paulo Coelho, Gilberto Gil e Aldo Brizzi: un lavoro che racconta il mito e l’identità dei popoli dell’Amazzonia.
Amor Azul Opera di Gilberto Gil e Aldo Brizzi, costruita come un grande affresco lirico e visionario, che racconta gli amori di Krishna e Radha in un tempo insieme attuale e mitico.
Ópera dos terreiros Lavoro scenico con libretto di Jorge Portugal e Aldo Brizzi e musica di Aldo Brizzi: un’opera sull’identità afrodiscendente del Brasile coloniale, dove figure soprannaturali convivono con il quotidiano del tempo della schiavitù.
Jelin Opera comica di Aldo Brizzi, ispirata agli avvenimenti dell’anno zero così come raccontati nei Vangeli: un lavoro che unisce emozione spirituale e leggerezza teatrale attraverso ironia, stupore e molte risate.
Gabriel et Gabriel Lavoro teatrale su testo di Pauline Alphen e musica di Aldo Brizzi, pensato anche per un pubblico giovanile: la storia di due ragazzi, appartenenti a mondi sociali ed etnici differenti, che per effetto di un sortilegio si trovano a scambiarsi le vite.
Mambo Mistico Commedia musicale in forma d’opera, su testo di Alfredo Arias e musica di Aldo Brizzi: un lavoro in cui teatralità, ironia e invenzione musicale si fondono attraverso la provocazione e una travolgente follia creativa.

Vocal and instrumental music

Symphonic music, ensemble works, chamber music, solo pieces, vocal music and electronics with voice and instruments: a selection spanning different forces and different periods of Aldo Brizzi’s work.

Symphonic music Compositions for orchestra, in some cases exploring the balance and superimposition between stillness and movement.

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Ensemble music The ensemble writing often grows from polytimbral rhythmic elements, grafted onto ethnic and popular suggestions capable of renewing cultivated languages.

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Chamber music Works for small forces and mixed formations, from duo to quartet, where timbre, gesture and writing are concentrated in an intimate dimension.

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Solo pieces Works for solo instrument, from piano to tuba, from percussion to strings, concentrating the research on the metamorphosis of monody into polyphony and polyrhythmic perception.

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Vocal music Pieces for solo voice and mixed works showing another direction: the reinvention of devotional traditions within the context of creative music.

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Electronics with voice and instruments Pieces for electronics alone and works with voice or instruments, where electronic sound becomes a space for invention and dialogue with other sound worlds.

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Further titles

Songs, vocal projects, transcriptions and other lines of the catalogue: a section open to parallel paths, stylistic crossings and different forms of musical creation.

Brizzi do Brasil Aldo Brizzi’s first songs, gathered in a landmark album featuring some of the most important voices of Brazilian and Lusophone music.

Aço do Açúcar A second series of songs for popular voice, guitar, keyboards/electronics and percussion, created after the experience of Brizzi do Brasil.

Reis Project A project for voice, electronics, reinvented song and digital worlds, developed through staged songs, Second Life and mixed realities.

Endless Trails For ethnic voices, instruments and electronics. A cycle of pieces on encounter and the sense of the sacred in world music.

Transcriptions From Hugo Wolf’s Spanisches Liederbuch, orchestrated for two voices and chamber ensemble, to Giacinto Scelsi’s Les funérailles d’Alexandre in the 1988 version, and Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, a three-act opera in Aldo Brizzi’s orchestration and Portuguese version (2016) for singers, chorus and 13 instruments.