Seven Lullabies for Grief
, Raquel Andueza | Alejandro Palomas

Thursday, March 11, 2027
  19:30 h
  €20 and €22
MUN Theatre

Seven Lullabies for Grief is a dialogue between sorrow and healing. Lullabies that rock us to sleep, that awaken us to life, that explain grief, and that sing of what heals. Lullabies that restore our voices.

“The day my mother died, I lost my voice”—this is the first confession from the man who steps onto the stage. And that is just one of many sorrows for which he believes there is no longer any consolation. But, alas, the man is mistaken: for each of his sorrows, the voice singing beside him offers a lullaby, transforming that man—and us along with him—into a child who asks to hear a story told in a mother’s voice, so that life does not fade away entirely and the light retains its warmth. From the darkness, a theorbo marks the beat, and when the man falls silent, the voice breathing beside him captures the present and sings it, transforming it into eternity, bringing solace to the human spirit.

Soprano Raquel Andueza and writer Alejandro Palomas join forces—with the collaboration of theorbo player Jesús Fernández Baena—to take us on a musical and philosophical journey exploring consolation, set against the backdrop of seven Mediterranean lullabies. The dawn of the Italian 17th century—also known as the “century of the affections”—embraces this typically Baroque dialogue of light and shadow, which intertwines voice, theorbo, and intimate confession, reinterpreting the lullaby as a source of truth and solace.

Artistic data

• Raquel Andueza, soprano
• Alejandro Palomas, text
• Jesús Fernández Baena, theorbo

Raquel Andueza

An internationally renowned soprano, she has performed at the world’s leading festivals and concert halls, making her debut at Carnegie Hall and the Proms in 2012. A co-founder of Raquel Andueza & La Galanía, she has served as vice president of the European Early Music Network, directs the Estella Early Music Week, and in 2021 founded the Comprehensive Center for Voice and Breathing (CIVyR), based in the Baztán Valley (Navarra).

Alejandro Palomas

A novelist, lecturer, playwright, and poet, he has published, among other works, the novel *Un amor*, for which he won the Nadal Prize for Fiction in 2018, and *Un hijo*, which earned him the National Prize for Young Adult Fiction in 2016. His work has been adapted for the stage and translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Jesús Fernández Baena

Jesús Fernández Baena (Estepa, Seville). A theorbo player trained at the Conservatorio Superior de Sevilla and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, where he earned his diploma in 2002. He has collaborated with prestigious early music ensembles and performed at major international festivals. In 2011, he founded the record label Anima e Corpo and the Baroque music ensemble Raquel Andueza & La Galanía.