There is a yahoogroup operettarecordings; one member was so nice to announce that Spanish Classic Radio channel is going to broadcast some lesser known...
... notably an absorbing interview with LUIS VARELA, the leading Spanish actor and favourite performer at Teatro de la Zarzuela. This is in English and Spanish...
Hello everyone! There are some recent reviews and features on ZARZUELA.NET, notably for Spanish readers ... I am still catching up! Bilingually we have new...
Today I stumbled on this very interesting site full of zarzuela librettos in spanish only and I thought it would be very interesting for most group members: ...
The review of Monday's Madrid premiere of Sorozabal's "popular lyric drama" has been posted this afternoon on ZARZUELA.NET -- Christopher Webber, Blackheath,...
Pablo Sorozabal's "popular lyric drama", never performed in his lifetime, is to be premiered in San Sebastian/Donostia and Madrid later this month, and also...
Hello, I am new in this group, I am from Buenos Aires. I am looking for information about Zarzuelas singers from Spain but years 1925 to 1937 where I can find...
Hello everyone - there's a major new feature on "Chueca Year" now online at ZARZUELA.NET (English and Spanish front pages), with reviews of several productions...
Spanish members may be interested to learn that there is now a Spanish-language Front Page for ZARZUELA.NET, developed by our Madrid Editor, Ignacio Jassa. ...
Here are some new (or newly posted) videos of us performing in Spain. Hope you like them. Me singing "Salve, Costa de Bretaña" in La Tempestad (one of the...
Hello everyone - there are some new reviews (stage and CD sections) and articles on ZARZUELA.NET including a featured centenary tribute to Chueca, who died one...
Dear zarzuela lovers, Just to let you know that Zarzuela Di Si's production of "Luisa Fernanda" will be opening tomorrow Saturday, May 24 2008 in the Mexican ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
The death in his native Brussels was announced yesterday of Professor Robert Pourvoyeur, for many years the great international champion for zarzuela. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Live Broadcast from the Theater of La Faràndula in Sabadell, Spain-. GUERRERO, JACINTO: “La rosa del azafrán”, zarsuela in 2 acts. Carmen Aparicio. Marta...
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...
A comprehensive analysis - 8000 in Spanish, and not much less in English! - is online today, from Ignacio Jassa, who examines the genre's state of health from...
I've been given a CD of songs (mainly from zarzuela) sung by the excellent tenor Rogelio Baldrich, in transfers form the original 78rpm discs. Many of them are...
New material on the zarzuela site today, including plenty of Spanish Italian opera (sic.) and some invigorating rare Chueca, all from Madrid. Reviews from...