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Alejandro Contreras Cortés

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Alejandro Contreras is a set designer and theater designer, specialized in videomapping, lighting, painting, art and the realization of technical projects for opera and shows. Due to his extensive training and experience, he carries out, apart from design work, the executive production of many of his shows.

More than 12 years working as a set designer and theater designer.
More than 100 shows premiered, most of them opera projects.
Around 350 touring functions performed with their respective adaptations and setups to make the most of each production, design and stage.

He has worked and premiered operas and different projects in theaters such as the Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Opera in Budapest, Croatian National Opera, Tel Aviv Opera, Thailand Cultural Center of Bangkok, Rozrywki Theater of Chorzów Poland, Hidalgo Theater of Colima, Alarife Theater of Jalisco, Mexico. Romea Theater in Murcia, Cervantes Theater in Malaga, García Barbón Vigo Theater, Rojas Theater in Toledo, Jovellanos Theater in Gijón, El Escorial Auditorium, Fernán Gómez Theater in Madrid, Roman Theater in Mérida, Baluarte and Gayarre Theater in Pamplona, ​​Guimerá Theater de Tenerife, Guinigüada Theater of Las Palmas, Principal Theater of Zamora, Fibes of Seville, Valencia Conference Center and Campoamor Theater of Oviedo, among many others.

He has performed operas such as Aida, Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Macbeth, by G. Verdi. Tosca and Bohéme by G. Puccini. Bellini's Sonnambula. Barbiere di Siviglia and La Cambiale di Marriage by G. Rossini. L´Elisir d´amore by Donizetti. Bastien und Bastienne by WA Mozart. Faust by C. Gounod, Mefistofele by A. Boito, Il Prigioniero and Volo di notte by L. Dallapiccola, A hand of bridge by S. Barber among other operas. As for zarzuelas, he has performed La del Manojo de Rosas by P. Sorozábal, Los Gavilanes by J. Guerrero, Don Gil de Alcalá by M. Penella, Luisa Fernanda by FM Torroba among other lyrical theatrical projects, flamenco, dance, ballet and theater. classic.

In his works he combines traditional scenography with multiple contemporary resources such as videomapping projections and the incorporation of LED screens. He is interested in maintaining a balance between respect for the essence of the works and contemporary adaptation to seek its validity in our time.

As a set designer he has worked with stage directors such as Ignacio García, Michal Znaniecki, Gustavo Tambascio, Aurora Cano, Marco Castagnoli, Zosia Dowjat, Diego Carvajal, Francisco Matilla, Sandra Martinovic, Eugenia Corbacho, Carlos Durán and Marta Eguilior.

He has a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid in the specialty of Scenography and Painting. He is also an International Master in Scenography from the UCM and a current doctoral student. His recent released projects are La Bohéme by G. Puccini premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid together with the Excelentia foundation. Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini directed by Eugenia Corbacho within the lyrical season of Vigo, La Vedova Ingegnosa by Giuseppe Sellitti and Il Maestro di musica by Pergolesi at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa directed by Marco Castagnoli, the opera Aida premiered at the Teatro Cervantes de Málaga and the flamenco zarzuela Farruca, by J. Santos, at the Teatro Romea de Murcia. His latest works include his scenography for Macbeth, Rigoletto, Ballo in Maschera, Nabucco by G. Verdi,
In June 2019, the world premiere of Yo, Clavdio & Clavdio el Dios by Robert Graves, an opera composed by Igor Escudero and libretto by Pablo Gómez; Directed by Marta Eguilior premiered at the Roman Theater in Mérida with a subsequent national tour at the Miguel Delibes Auditorium in Valladolid and the National Auditorium in Madrid.

Since 2020, it has started a project to create productions through mapping called VideoSkené that aims to cover the scenography and all the elements of a complete production of opera, theater, concerts, and events through video projections, costumes, lighting and props, seeking to optimize resources in the construction of corporeal elements and take advantage of the characteristics of the different spaces that arise as a scenic approach. The result is always surprising. His ability to transform everyday life into something artistic is always impressive. Madrid, November 5, 2020.

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