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The artists' return to the theater is limited
and only for rehearsals and recording of concerts.
Theater is one of the last sectors to come back in Brazil
because of the challenges of social distancing for artists on
stage, for crews backstage, and audiences in cramped seating in
old buildings.
With the musicians separated by plastic partitions and ballet
dancers appropriately spaced, the company is lighting up the
ornate theater after months of darkness. Despite the
restrictions, musicians and dancers are happy to return to the
stage.
"No matter how much your flame is lit, there comes a time when
it diminishes, and we feel that a little bit," said theater
symphony orchestra musician Gilmar Ferreira.
"So this virtual concert that we are preparing ignited that
flame again," he added. "Musicians and artists need it. The
artist needs to be on the stage; we have that need."
Rio's theater inaugurated its concert season on May 7 with the
symphony orchestra string ensemble performing works of George
Frideric Handel, Peter Warlock, and Edward Elgar.
"To step on the stage of the municipal theater is a feeling of
freedom. We are few here, but for us, it is enough," said
student ballet dancer Mariana Fialho.
(Reporting by Sebastian Rocandio and Liamar Ramos; Editing by
Dan Grebler, Alexandra Hudson)
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