Yearly Archives: 2015


Unnoficial clip from Documentary by Lais Azevedo and Pedro Urano:   Sample from work in progress: feature documentary film directed by Lais de Azeredo and Pedro Urano. A film about the creative process of composer Joao MacDowell writing a sequence of operas in tribute to Ingmar Bergman. In this, you […]

A Ilha – Documentary – sneak peek


  Swedish news about the presentation of Cries and Whispers during the opening of Bergman Week 2015.       Click for more news about Joao MacDowell’s new composition for wind quintet and cello, utilizing themes from the opera “Cries and Whispers” (Viskningar Och Rop) World première at the opening […]

Cries and Whispers the opera on Swedish Press


I am very happy to announce that Cries and Whispers, a new opera score developed by the International Brazilian Opera Company (IBOC), will be performed during Bergman Week in June of 2015. In the Island of Fårö, Sweden, the place where director Ingmar Bergman chose to  live and work. A section […]

Cries and Whispers at Bergman Week 2015



A New opera by João MacDowell The American-Scandinavian Foundation @ Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue @ 38th Street New York, NY 10016 Thursday, March 26, 8 pm Pre concert talk: 7:30pm. Wine Reception after concert: Come celebrate! $20 ($15 ASF Members) At Box office. Or for concert reservations, call 212.847.9740 […]

Cries and Whispers – Concert Premiere!