<div><strong>About us</strong>

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<div>After recording José de Nebra's zarzuelas "Vendado es Amor, no es ciego" in 2019 and "Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa" in 2021, the Ensemble Los Elementos wants to continue the project of discovering Nebra's great stage works with the opera "Venus y Adonis".

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<div>Since its foundation in 2018, Los Elementos has specialized in Spanish Baroque music, performing and recording several of the most important works by José de Nebra or Francisco Corselli, both composers at the Spanish Court in the 18th Century. For this world-première recording we have gathered a deluxe ensemble of international singers and instrumentalists.

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<div><strong>Our team</strong>

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<div>Venus: <a href="https://www.stagedoor.it/en/Artist/Paola%2520Valentina%2520Molinari" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paola Valentina Molinari</a>, soprano

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<div>Adonis: <a href="https://www.natalieperezmezzosoprano.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Natalie Pérez</a>, mezzosoprano

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<div>Marte: <a href="https://jonemartinez.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jone Martínez</a>, soprano
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<div>Clarín: <a href="https://www.operabase.com/artists/judit-subirana-muntada-2135463/en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Judit Subirana</a>, mezzosoprano

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<div>Cibeles: <a href="https://www.allegorica.art/artist/margherita-maria-sala/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Margherita Maria Sala</a>, contralto

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<div>ENSEMBLE LOS ELEMENTOS (25 instrumentalists)

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<div>Claudio Rado, concertmaster

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<div>Alberto Miguélez Rouco, musical direction

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<div>Jean-Daniel Noir, sound engineer

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<div><strong>Venus y Adonis </strong>

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<div>Premiered in 1729, it is one of his two surviving operas, both of them written 15 years before his famous zarzuelas. "Venus y Adonis" in fact it was the second act of a bigger work called "Las tres comedias en una", but because of its beauty, it was soon performed individually with huge success at the time. It narrates one of the most beautiful stories in classical mythology, the love story between Venus and Adonis. The opera begins with the goddess Venus jealous of the beauty of a shepherd named Adonis. However, when she meets him, she falls madly in love with him, and the young man corresponds to her. But Mars, Venus's husband, agrees a plan with the goddess Cybele to kill Adonis, who is wounded by a wild boar. Venus, in love, decides to transform her lover into a flower so that he can live eternity with her. ￼

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<div><strong>We need your help</strong>

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<div>In order to make it possible, we would like to ask you for your help, as a recording of this calibre involves great costs. Singers, instrumentalists, the sound engineer and the room must be paid. Therefore ANY CONTRIBUTION would be more than WELCOME.

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<div>We will thank you for your contribution in the following way:

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<li>20€ or more: digital copy of "Venus and Adonis" in HD format.

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<li>60€ or more: copy of the CD "Venus and Adonis" signed by the leader of the ensemble.

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<li>100€ or more: a copy of the CD signed by the conductor of the ensemble + a "thank you" video from the conductor of the ensemble.

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<li>200€ or more: all previous gifts + the possibility to attend to the rehearsals this November in Riehen and meet the artists.

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<li>500€ or more: all previous gifts (2 CDs instead) + 2 invitations for one of our concerts. Your name will be included in the CD booklet as a sponsor.

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<li>1'000€: all previous gifts (4 CDs instead) + meet the artists in a Spanish dinner or in a zoom meeting.

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<li>4'000€: all previous gifts (6 CDs instead) + private concert with 5 musicians of the ensemble (travels not included)

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Jacquelyn Drye

Bart de Leeuw

Stefan Campillo Fette

Clementina Formariz López

María Teresa Vega San Vicente

Santiago Martinez Calvo

Juan Camacho Diaz

Jose Maria Iceta

John bang Jørgensen

Mercedes Lorenzo

Javier Ibañez Pinto

Emmanuelle De Negri

Bernard Schreuders

Helen Anna Charlston

Jean Michel Chassagne

Anonymous

Davide Milesi

Inés Carrión Orosa

Morten Fuglestad

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