SAMSON & DELILAH, AN OVERVIEW, 

Sevis, birthday delight to me!!
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One of the main things that clearly transformed my view on opera is the way Opera is made in different places around the world; it is for me the indisputable most gorgeous show on earth, (and big rock shows). But after being one and a halve years in Japan looking every day  on every opera how  it was made in the New National Theatre  and then going to Merida which everything runs in s l o w    m o t i o n    and making everything in a month , that definitely told me three things:

1: In Mexico we leave everything at the last moment (even operas) and in Japan they plan the operas long before they knew what opera was!! 

2. - Mexicans are capable of achieving anything without planning if we just plan  long before the AFTER PARTY  at the end of the opera shows,

3. Mexicans are really efficient, even more than Japanese, but we have a lack of discipline, 

4. I can’t imagine some Mexican  production  ( opera , architecture, theatre ) being planned long time in advance, This has never happened in Mexican history ,  I supposed if something was really planned in advanced  it would be super mega spectacular!!!!!!!   But the last time that happened was when the MAYAS predicted millenniums before   the end of the world!!!!  So, the Mayan end of the world and the concept of Mexicans preparing for a show years before will never happen! ( perhaps the Mayas prediction will).
 

I had a chance to encounter perfect artists in this show, singers and musicians where excellent along with the production manager and executive producer!!
We had great harmony and perfect timing to finish as soon as possible this opera, monumental opera that is, 
SAMSON AND DELILAH is so far the biggest one I had made.
I got in touch with my feelings again and all along the process of constructing the set and staging it came always close to perfect! I now know I have learned good stuff in Japan, stuff that makes my process quicker! I have synthesized the production plan, and had  great people who helped me build the set. 
The director Cesar Piña really believed in me all along, and he has such confidence in me that he knew I was going to make a great job before I knew!!
                                                                   Peon Contreras theatre

I have also made a great friend.   Carlos Arce!!! Great lighting designer and great person! I hope I can work more with them!
Japan has been a great place to learn, and I am really proud of being here with my mentors, ISONO SAN , SAZANAMI SAN AND SHIMAKAWA SAN,  
I hope soon I can make another great opera!!!

                                             Jorge cervantes, leo Vásquez, Rodrigo Guadarrama, cesar piña, Carlos arce

menwhile outside my hotel room window!

 
puchero de verduras!!! Gratis!!!!!


I have been a Yucatan son for over a month and a half, I have tasted almost everything there is in terms of culinary art. Merida has transform me into an experimented human guy , I just love how Merida has evolve in one of the best food in the world, I just would say it is a bit too much condiment and the portions are so scary big!!, beware and take care of the food when you come here. Is not the quality, is the size!

42 degrees Celsius just clears my mind, in fact it erases my mind, can you actually think at this temperature?? , sure you can, just grab a coconut ice cream at the main plaza the neveria colon, and you´ll be in hot heaven!! 


This is what we have so far mounted inside the PEON CONTRERAS theatre!, we still have a lot to put in the theatre but so far is looking fab, it is actually looking better than I expected I think we can manage to finish before the Tuesday, I hope we manage it!!!, I have struggled a bit with the people in Merida,! Its time is different as normal time, they are way slower! But in fact they manage to do everything right with pressure. no pressure, no work, well that’s Latin American way, and that’s how it’s not supposed to be but because we have it in our blood, we have managed to transform that into a good thing.

4 am 1 june 2012 inside theatre peon contreras