Filipe La Féria
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Filipe La Féria is a Portuguese
theatre director and producer and screenwriter and producer for television.
. He was assistant to Victor Garcia in As Criadas, by Jean Genet
, in the Teatro Experimental de Cascais.
La Féria studied in London
, winning a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
(Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian). He was director for 16 years at the Teatro da Casa da Comédia where he had a high degree of responsibility for most of its operations. There he produced Pier Paolo Pasolini
's, A Marquesa de Sade, Eva Péron, Savanah Bay, A Bela Portuguesa, Electra ou a Queda das Máscaras, Noites de Anto, A Ilha do Oriente, and works by Marguerite Yourcenar
, Marguerite Duras
, Mishima, Agustina Bessa-Luís
and Mário Cláudio.
In 1990 he wrote What Happened to Madalena Igtésias? and accepted the invitation as author, director and set designer to produce it at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
in Lisbon, one of Portugal's most prestigious theatres. At the Teatro Politeama he also produced, Maldita Cocaína, Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema, De Afonso Henriques a Mário Soares, Godspell
, Maria Callas and Rosa Tatuada
, by Tennessee Williams
.
La Féria was awarded several times by critics, by the Casa da Imprensa, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura and Associação Portuguesa de Críticos and several magazines as a writer, director and set designer. He was awarded the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique by President Mário Soares
in 2000 and was awarded personality of year in theatre at the Golden Globes the same year.
For television he has produced and directed Grande Noite, Cabaret, Saudades do Futuro and Comédias de Ouro and other comedy shows. In 2000 he wrote and performed the musical Amalia, which opened at the Teatro Politeama. During 6 years on stage it was also performed in Paris
and other cities of France
and Switzerland
, and was seen by over 16 million viewers.
He was also professor of the Independent University of Lisbon, in the arts department.
In 2001 he enacted A Casa do Lago by Ernest Thompson with Eunice Muñoz
and Ruy de Carvalho. In 2002, he staged the musical My Fair Lady
(Linda My Lady) , adapted from Bernard Shaw
, giving it a Golden Globe for Best Performance of the Year.
La Féria's latest productions have been The Queen of Ferro Velho, by Garçon Kanin (2004), A Girl of the Sea of Sophia by Mello Breyner (2005), Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
(2005), The Song of Lisbon based on the movie Cotinelli Telmo (2006), The Little Prince from Saint-Exupéry (2006) and The Sound of Music
(2007). In 2007 he also produced Jesus Christ Superstar
, which was the first production at the Teatro Rivoli, followed by Fiddler on the Roof
(2008) and West Side Story (2008). In 2009 he opened in the Azores
with "Edith Piaf" and the great musical comedy La Cage aux Folles.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
theatre director and producer and screenwriter and producer for television.
Career
He began his theatrical activity in 1963 as an actor at the National Theater, and with Amélia Rey Colaço belonged to theatre companies such as Teatro Estúdio de Lisboa, Teatro Experimental de Cascais, Casa da Comédia and Teatro da CornucópiaTeatro da Cornucópia
Teatro da Cornucópia is one of the most prestigious theatre companies in Portugal. It was founded in 1973 by Jorge Silva Melo and Luís Miguel Cintra with the staging of the play The Misanthrope by Molière...
. He was assistant to Victor Garcia in As Criadas, by Jean Genet
Jean Genet
Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
, in the Teatro Experimental de Cascais.
La Féria studied in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, winning a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a Portuguese private foundation of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of arts, charity, education, and science...
(Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian). He was director for 16 years at the Teatro da Casa da Comédia where he had a high degree of responsibility for most of its operations. There he produced Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
's, A Marquesa de Sade, Eva Péron, Savanah Bay, A Bela Portuguesa, Electra ou a Queda das Máscaras, Noites de Anto, A Ilha do Oriente, and works by Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy Seat 3.-Biography:Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie...
, Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
, Mishima, Agustina Bessa-Luís
Agustina Bessa-Luís
Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE is a Portuguese writer.From 1986 and 1987, she was Director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro . From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the Teatro Nacional D...
and Mário Cláudio.
In 1990 he wrote What Happened to Madalena Igtésias? and accepted the invitation as author, director and set designer to produce it at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
The National Theatre D. Maria II is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. The historical theatre is one of the most prestigious Portuguese venues and is located in the Rossio square, in the centre of the city....
in Lisbon, one of Portugal's most prestigious theatres. At the Teatro Politeama he also produced, Maldita Cocaína, Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema, De Afonso Henriques a Mário Soares, Godspell
Godspell
Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...
, Maria Callas and Rosa Tatuada
The Rose Tattoo
- External links :*...
, by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
.
La Féria was awarded several times by critics, by the Casa da Imprensa, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura and Associação Portuguesa de Críticos and several magazines as a writer, director and set designer. He was awarded the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique by President Mário Soares
Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL, KE , Portuguese politician, served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996.-Family:...
in 2000 and was awarded personality of year in theatre at the Golden Globes the same year.
For television he has produced and directed Grande Noite, Cabaret, Saudades do Futuro and Comédias de Ouro and other comedy shows. In 2000 he wrote and performed the musical Amalia, which opened at the Teatro Politeama. During 6 years on stage it was also performed in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and other cities of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and was seen by over 16 million viewers.
He was also professor of the Independent University of Lisbon, in the arts department.
In 2001 he enacted A Casa do Lago by Ernest Thompson with Eunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz, OSE, GCIH is a Portuguese actress. She was born in Amareleja, Portugal.-External links:...
and Ruy de Carvalho. In 2002, he staged the musical My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
(Linda My Lady) , adapted from Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
, giving it a Golden Globe for Best Performance of the Year.
La Féria's latest productions have been The Queen of Ferro Velho, by Garçon Kanin (2004), A Girl of the Sea of Sophia by Mello Breyner (2005), Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
(2005), The Song of Lisbon based on the movie Cotinelli Telmo (2006), The Little Prince from Saint-Exupéry (2006) and The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
(2007). In 2007 he also produced Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
, which was the first production at the Teatro Rivoli, followed by Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
(2008) and West Side Story (2008). In 2009 he opened in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
with "Edith Piaf" and the great musical comedy La Cage aux Folles.
Some notable actors he has directed
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Plays produced
- Maldita Cocaína que estreia no Teatro Politeama
- Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema
- De Afonso Henriques a Mário Soares
- Amália, que estreia no Teatro Politeama
- GodspellGodspellGodspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...
- Maria Callas
- Pierrot e Arlequim
- Rosa TatuadaThe Rose Tattoo- External links :*...
- Casa da Saudade, série da RTPRádio e Televisão de PortugalRádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
(2000) - A Casa do Lago, de Ernest Thompson com Eunice MuñozEunice MuñozEunice Muñoz, OSE, GCIH is a Portuguese actress. She was born in Amareleja, Portugal.-External links:...
and Ruy de Carvalho (2000) - A Minha Tia e Eu (2002)
- My Fair LadyMy Fair LadyMy Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
(Minha Linda Senhora), adaptado de Bernard Shaw (2003) - A Rainha do Ferro Velho, de Garçon Kanin (2004)
- A Menina do Mar, de Sophia de Mello Breyner (2005)
- Alice no País das Maravilhas, de Lewis CarrollLewis CarrollCharles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
(2005) - A Canção de Lisboa, baseado no filme de Cotinelli Telmo (2005)
- O Principezinho a partir de Saint-ExupérySaint-ExupérySaint-Exupéry may refer to:People:* Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, aviation pioneer and writer* Consuelo de Saint Exupéry, writer, artist, and spouse of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry...
(2007) - Música no CoraçãoThe Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
(2007) - Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
(2007), first production of Teatro Rivoli - West Side Story 2008
- A Estrela (2008)
- Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
(2008) - Piaf (2009)
- La cage aux folles (A Gaiola das Loucas) (2009)
- O Feiticeiro de Oz (2009)