ATTENTION!
NO ENTRY WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER THE SHOW STARTS.
WE ALSO INFORM THAT, ON SHOW DAYS, ENTRY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED FOR PEOPLE WEARING SHORT CLOTHING ABOVE THE KNEE, SWIMWEAR, SHORTS AND/OR FOOTWEAR SUCH AS FLIP-FLOPS AND CROCS
Tickets for Mãos à Ópera - Prologue at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
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Highlights
Opening: "Dich teure Halle" – Richard Wagner
Recitative and aria "Ombra mai fu" – G. F. Handel
"Ah, Fuggi il traditor" – W. A. Mozart
"Non più andrai" – W. A. Mozart
"Song to the Moon" from Rusalka – Antonin Dvorák
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – French melody
"Summertime" – George Gershwin
"Acalanto" – J. G. Ripper
- General Info
- Saturday, October 24, 2026 – at 3:00 PM - Doors open 2:30 PM.
- Sunday, October 25, 2026 – at 3:00 PM - Doors open 2:30 PM.
⏳ Duration: 1h
📍 Location: Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
👤 Age requirement: open to all ages
♿ Accessibility: venue accessible for wheelchair users
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Description
Mãos à Ópera - PROLOGUE
Prologue is a show for the whole family and for the general public, presenting the world of opera in a playful, participatory and accessible way.
The history of opera is told through its periods, with activities in which the child is the star of the show, literally putting their hands into the process of creating opera.
Created by Daniella Carvalho, Prologue is the first show of the Mãos à Ópera project, which seeks to bring opera closer to the new generations and create, from childhood, a sense of belonging to this art.
On stage, Daniella Carvalho (soprano), Vitor Philomeno (piano) and Letícia Medella (clown) lead this experience with humor, information and fantasy, welcoming all children into the diverse possibilities of operatic expression.
The show includes accessibility and sensory comfort features, allowing different ways of feeling, perceiving and expressing to participate in the experience in an integrated way.
Daniella Carvalho, soprano
Daniella Carvalho, lyric-spinto soprano, acclaimed for her "dark and expressive timbre" and "an unforgettable stage presence", has as her main roles the Romantic heroines, especially those of Puccini, such as Cio-Cio-San, Tosca, Sister Angelica, Liù and
Mimì.
In recent years, she has performed roles such as Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Ellen (Peter Grimes),
Adriana (Adriana Lecouvreur), Florencia (Florencia en el Amazonas), Aida, Micaela, Gerhilde (Walküre), Fiora (L'Amore dei Tre Re), Cook (Rouxinol), Suzel (L'Amico Fritz), among others, in the following theaters: Teatro Comunale di Rovigo, Kazan Opera (Russia), Sofia Opera (Bulgaria), Taormina, Tianjin Theater (China), Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro,
Theatro São Pedro, Teatro Municipal de São Paulo, Miami Lyric Opera, Houston, among others.
In the symphonic and concert repertoire, she has performed Luonnotar, by Sibelius, Andromache's Farewell, by Britten, Symphony No. 14, by Shostakovich, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and the Rückert Lieder, by Mahler, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, by Samuel Barber, Cantata, by Stravinsky, as well as world premieres of contemporary works.
At Carnegie Hall, she sang in the main hall the Misa Azteca, by Gonzales, and gave 3 recitals in the Weill Hall, making her debut as a winner of the Artists International. In Brazil, she has performed with important orchestras, including OSB, Amazonas Filarmônica, Theatro Municipal Symphony Orchestra, State Youth Orchestra of São Paulo, Bahia Symphony Orchestra, Sergipe Symphony Orchestra, OSPA and Goiânia Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also sung on radio stations such as WNYC, Columbia University Radio and Rádio MEC.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Daniella Carvalho holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in singing from the Manhattan School of Music. She is also the creator of the Mãos à Ópera project, an initiative dedicated to audience development and bringing new audiences closer to the world of opera.
Vitor Philomeno, piano
Vitor Philomeno is a pianist, vocal coach and artistic manager, with a career dedicated to opera and singer training. He has collaborated with the Theatro São Pedro Opera Academy and participated, in this theater, in the Brazilian premiere of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", by Paisiello.
Founder of the Opera Atelier and creator of the Brazilian Chamber Opera Company, he combines artistic activity with production and dissemination of the opera repertoire. In 2026, he performed at the 27th Amazonas Opera Festival with "Mãos à Ópera – Prologue", alongside Daniella
Carvalho and Letícia Medella, in an inclusive musical initiation proposal for children. At the 25th Theatro da Paz Opera Festival, he presented the recital "Gods and Demons" with Saulo Javan, a partnership also taken to Sala Cecília Meireles.
Letícia Medella, clown
Letícia Medella is an actress, clown and director. Graduated from Unirio's Faculty of Performing Arts, where she participated as a student and alumna for 9 years in the Enfermaria do Riso Training, Action and Research Program coordinated by Prof. Ana Achcar. She is now a member of Doutores da Alegria and Roda de Palhaço. Founder and director of Cia. de La Mancha. She has worked with names such as Duda Maia, Denise Stutz, Ariane Mnouchkine (Theatre du Soleil), Fabianna de Mello Souza, Gabriel Villela, Denis Carvalho, Karen Acioly, Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho, among others. She has won CBTIJ and Botequim Cultural awards as an
actress and the Zilka Salaberry Award as a cast. She created and directed the Webseries Optiké
– What do you see?, the show Corpo.com and the video art documentary Pássaro Semblante, idealized by Rebeca Queiroz, among others.
