Lament for a Stranger is a new music-theatre piece for clarinet and actor inspired by the aesthetics of the noir.

It follows the disintegrating psyche of Jonah, a jazz musician plagued by insomnia and a haunting romantic fixation on a mysterious woman who appeared in his life like a fleeting ghost. 

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Lament for a Stranger joins the sonorities of jazz, the peculiarities of contemporary music-theatre, and the lingering nostalgia typical of noir narratives.

 

Specially commissioned by clarinetist extraordinaire Ruben Lopes Jacinto, this work is composed by award-winning composer Simone Spagnolo on an original text by Giordano Trischitta. 

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The original mise-en-scène and recording session took place in July 2025. Full production premiered at Casa da Música Jorge Peixinho, in Montijo, Lisbon.

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This project is kindly funded by DGARTES, Direção-Geral das Artes (Portugal), with generous in-kind support by Casa da Música Jorge Peixinho.