Thank you for taking that trouble, Fernando. And very good luck with the remaining performances! All attachments to discussion group mails are set to be...
I have a CD called "Homenaje a una Voz: Alfredo Kraus." Track 9 is entitled "RUPERTO CHAPI: La Tempestad, Sé tú la cenicienta para mí". I've performed...
... Yes. It is the duet from Lehar's "Eva" in its Spanish version. Alas, not an undiscovered rarity, but a misattribution! -- Christopher Webber, Blackheath,...
... Yes - extended highlights of "Eva" with Kraus are readily available in-store in Spain: though of course online is an entirely different kettle of fish. You...
They've put some videos on YouTube of the zarzuela "La viejecita"! I sang the lead tenor role of Carlos/la viejecita, and my wife sang the soprano role of...
Not world-class, but certainly not semi-professional! Strong singing. I was impressed and delighted. George Soete _____ From: zarzuela@yahoogroups.com...
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Christian, Much better than many self-proclaimed professionals I have come across! Delightful and quite enjoyable.?And it's not easy to sing stooped-over like...
Live Broadcast from the Theater of La Faràndula in Sabadell, Spain-. GUERRERO, JACINTO: “La rosa del azafrán”, zarsuela in 2 acts. Carmen Aparicio. Marta...
The recording of "Eva" is on Montilla Records FM-136. It was issued in 1958. There most likely is a CD re-issue of the of the LP. How easy it is to find is a...
... The Zafiro CD issue is still around in Spanish shops, but online of course is a difficult proposition. The genuine and respectable Montilla company has not...
...And speaking of Gonzalo Roig's Cecilia Valdes, multi-talented and multi-Grammy award winning musician Paquito D'Rivera has been busy writing a full-length...
Sad news today from Madrid: the sudden death of the leading young academic whose work on Chapí (together with Casares' on Barbieri) set new standards for...
Pedro Gomez Manzanares has conducted some analysis of the requested titles from the SGAE archive: what are the most popular zarzuelas? who requests them? which...
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all aficionados everywhere! In honour of El día de los santos inocentes, there is a new synopsis online today, of an...
The death in his native Brussels was announced yesterday of Professor Robert Pourvoyeur, for many years the great international champion for zarzuela. The...
The original English version of Andrew Lamb's extensive programme note on "La generala", written for Emilio Sagi's new production at Madrid's Teatro de la...
I recently acquired a Luis Sagi Vela record without a label, but it contains various songs from zarzuelas. One track struck a chord with me and I don't know...
... Julian, it's a Spanish version of the popular American cowboy song "Ghost Riders in the Sky"! I particularly like Sagi-Vela (my favourite singer) doing the...
... Thanks so much, Christopher for the quick response! The 'yippee-aye-ay' is quite amusing to me as well. With this version, in particular, when Sagi-Vela...
... Julian, as you say there are various versions of this disc. This is the order on the original LP: Luis Sagi Vela Canciones y romanzas Orquesta de Camera de...
I was just listening to Sagi Vela's recording the other day and marveled at the combination of an American cattle drive folk Western that brings Zane Grey to...
I was just listening to Sagi Vela's recording the other day and marveled at the combination of an American cattle drive folk Western that brings Zane Grey to...
Every time we would perpare for "La Tabernera del Puerto" in Spain, the conversation would come up about an unperformed baritone romanza called "De aquel amor...
Christian ... This was the romanza written for Marcos Redondo, but it was felt to be too soft in character and replaced by the passionate and larger-scale act...
"I'd guess it would add little to the final version, unless (unthinkably) you were to cut the superb replacement." My thinking exactly. Thanks for the info. ...
The baritone steals the show anyway with his last beautiful aria and this "lost" romanza may have gotten in the way.? Although out of curiosity, I wouldn't...
Hi everyone - there's an interview with the much-loved baritone Luis Alvarez online today. Other recent articles include CD reviews (including the new "Curro...
This is a touchy subject among many zarzuela lovers throughout Spain, and I thought I would voice my opinion concerning this here to see what you all think....
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