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Os Saltimbancos
12+ albums
chico buarque
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Os Saltimbancos were a children's MPB project with an album of the same name, released in 1977. The musical fable was translated and adapted into Portuguese by Chico Buarque at the end of 1976 from the play by Sergio Bardotti and Luis Enríquez Bacalov, who had adapted the tale "The Bremen Musicians" by the Grimm brothers. The interpretation of the animals was done by Nara Leão (the Cat), Miúcha (the Chicken), and the singers from MPB4, Magro (the Donkey) and Ruy (the Dog), in addition to the children's choir. One of the most expressive works of musical theater dedicated to children, Os Saltimbancos narrates the adventures of four animals that, feeling exploited by their owners, decide to run away to the city and try their luck as musicians, viewed as a political allegory, in which the Chicken would represent the working class; the Donkey, the country workers; the Dog, the military, and the Cat, the artists. The Baron, the enemy of the animals, would be the personification of the elite, or the "holders of the means of production". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
