They set out in search of fortune. They faced the jungle, poverty, injustice, prejudice and inequality. They lived in the mountains, in cities and in frontier lands, but they always sought the same thing: dignity. Ferreira de Castro’s characters belong to the last century; their struggles do not. Six composers return to six of the author’s novels, setting to music stories that continue to challenge the present. We turn this stage into a place of remembrance and reflection, asking: how much of the world described by Ferreira de Castro remains unchanged?