Perhaps this point has been made already: the recording in question probably would never have been made without Domingo's support and participation. Whatever...
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... RTVE Musica recordings have all been available on Amazon.com, though as this is new it may not be there yet. Given the Domingo factor, I've no doubt you'll...
You are right! I live in the USA and have sucessfully purchased cd's from El Corte Ingles and FNAC through the internet. [Non-text portions of this message...
Dear Sir/Madam, I am looking to find the score of the Enrique Granados'opera "Petrarca" (zarzuela 1 Apeles Mestres, the orchestral work : "Divina Commedia...
Dear Sir/Madam, I am looking to find the score of the Enrique Granados'opera "Petrarca" (zarzuela 1 Apeles Mestres), the orchestral work"Divina Commedia tone...
Dear Sir/Madam! I'm Nataliya Timchenko.I'm opera singer from Ukraine. Would you like send me any Zarzuelas for sopranos(notes in Spanish). Thank you very much!...
I'm Natalia Timchenko from Ukraine.I'm opera singer . Would you like send me notes in some Zarzuelas for sopranos. Thank you very much! ... Do You Yahoo!? ...
Hello Evangelia Their are major Granados archives held at SGAE in Madrid. You will find a URL link to their site from the "information" pages of the...
Dear Natalia, There is an excellent anthology of soprano arias which was edited by Chris Webber. It is sold at http://www.classicalvocalrep.com. Go to Browse...
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Can you help me!? I'm going in Contest and I must to sing Zarzuela.If you have so possibile,I very beg you help me! Would you like send me notes(music) in...
I've been on the net now for about six months. I'm 58, a retired TV- producer but still a journalist and a passionate operalover. I write for the British...
My apologies. You are, of course, correct. The mind tends to play tricks, and I haven't lived in Madrid for any length of time in 20 years or so. In any...
... Yes, indeed. It's arguable that the small number of prominent Spanish operas from baroque to modern times is due to the overwhelming strength of the...
Well...I could think of Marina, although that opera , with the exception of a couple of musical numbers, is basically italian bel canto in Spanish. El Gato ...
Has anybody ever heard of Zarzuelas written in Mexico? Maybe they do not call it that. Something akin to what we call in English as Operetta? [Non-text...
I think there are some but I don't know the name of any particular work or composers. Victor Vallejo...
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I;ve never heard of one written in Mexico; however, they used to have a Zarzuela season at the Teatro de la Ciudad de Mexico. I don't know if they still do....
I can't locate my copy of it, but I think there was an article about zarzuelas written in Latin America (principally Cuba and Mexico) in the first issue of the...
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Thank you to Celeste Mann. I found the article in the Revista da la Fundacion de la Zarzuela Espanola #1 on Page 19. It lists some Mexican Zarzuelas. Muchas...
There are frequently libretti and some isolated numbers from Mexican zarzuelas for sale on bibliofind.com, now part of Amazon.com. Just type zarzuela in the...
More on this - I believe Manuel María Ponce's "El patio flórido" is actually a zarzuela, not an opera, although I haven't examined the score, which I assume ...
I've picked up a curious Montilla-Orfeon collection entitled "Overtures from Spain" in London's Tower Records. Amongst several familiar items, and some...
Viento Sur appeared on the Montilla LP "Overtures From Spain" FM 88 issued in 1957. Orquesta de Camara de Madrid conducted by Jose Luis Lloret. Side 1, Track 2...
... Thank you very much for providing the solution and fleshing out the detail! Needless to say, the bootleg CD reissue (just a poor transfer of an original LP...
I've been asked to write something on Domingo Sr., Placido's father. Biographical information on him is pretty thin on the ground, and I'm struggling with some...
Placido Domingo Ferrer born Tordera (Barcelona) ?, died Nov. 1987 in Mexico. A short bio and photo appears on page 297 of Del Canto y los Cantantes of the...
Harmonia Mundi have reissued two of the series of Zarzuela recordings on the Naive label. Arrieta's MARINA features Maria Bayo, Alfredo Kraus, and Juan Pons; ...
Hola Group Don't know if this has been posted previously but the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa, California, USA is presenting two zarzuela's fully staged and ...
Thanks for that, Bob - I for one didn't have details of the Napa production, and am glad of them. You'll find synopses of both works of the double bill ("La...