Hector King - Works For The Stage

Works For The Stage

Between 2002 and 2008, Hector King worked extensively on several collaborations for the stage. Most notable, perhaps, are his stage adaptations of renowned Broadway musicals for Mexican audiences. Starting in 2002 with A Chorus Line, King's work (which includes writing the lyrics in Spanish, as well as the entire translation and adaptation of the libretto) has been very well received and has garnered him recognition in the press. Between 2007 and 2008 alone, King had four of his adaptations staged, all in Monterrey, Mexico: the Mexican premieres of Sweeney Todd, Footloose and Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour and the new Mexican productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and RENT.

Also during this period, Hector began collaborating with Lux Boreal, one of Mexico's most important contemporary dance companies, based in Tijuana, Mexico. In 2005 King wrote the score and songs for Lux Boreal's original work "La Flor de Siete Hojas", which has been performed in numerous countries to universal acclaim. In late 2008 a new Lux Boreal entirely original choreography is expected to be staged, set to an unpublished piece by Hector King.

In 2010, King was commissioned to write a song commemorating Mexico's Bicentennial. The result was "Mucho Por Contar", an epic 6-minute-long narration of the songwriter's life history as a metaphor for the history of the country. It premiered in mid April in Monterrey, Mexico during a live concert.

King's oratorio "La Vida", loosely based on the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible is set to premiere in Monterrey, Mexico in April, 2011. It is King's first entirely original work for the stage. The concert includes several previously released songs (including Spanish language versions of material originally made public in English), as well as numbers written specifically for the oratorio. King wrote the lyrics and composed the music to every piece in the concert, except for "De Pie" (lyrics by Hector King, music by Hector King and Oma).