... Thanks, Bob, for an enjoyable report on the Napa productions, which sound well up to standard. I imagine they'll be releasing these on video in due course?...
I am looking for a recording of Las Leandras, CD. I have a recording on Blue Moon which omits some numbers. Also have an old LP of the Mexican movie version....
... Hello Peter The Blue Moon reissue of the "original cast" material is currently as good as it gets for "Las Leandras" on CD. It actually has as much as the ...
Dear Christopher, I have already put the LP score on CD but it isn't wonderful sounding-what LP was after a few plays. I am thinking of taking it to a pro and...
For three consecutive years I went to Spain on a holiday but this year this was not possible. As there are still some gaps in my collection I regretted this...
Ah! "Sueno de Gloria" .... thanks for the kind words, Jan. It's a pity we can't muster between us a few more about the piece in question. I do in fact mention...
I agree about "Sueno de Gloria"--the only zarzuela recording I've ever sold on E-bay. Too painful to listen to. Here is a tip for buying recordings. Sonnia...
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... For real masochists, I do know of *one* zarzuela CD much worse than "Sueno de Gloria". It's called "Maria Blanca", a zarzuela in 3 acts by Ricardo Vidal ...
Some of you out there (in Europe at least) may be interested in this: A friend of mine recently acquired 6 zarzuela videos (in *European* format, so unplayable...
Now this is really shocking news. On Opera-L I read that there is a new book The Zarzuela Companion (foreword by Domingo), written by a certain individual...
... Well, I admit it ... in my defence though, I haven't seen a copy of the finished book as yet, although I've received nice emails from satisfied purchasers...
To Zarzuela list members: If you click on "CALENDAR" from the list on the left hand side of the Yahoo Groups Zarzuela page (the group from which you send and...
Many thanks, Richard, that's really very helpful! There are some new additions to the site this week: a synopsis with notes and some bilingual texts from...
On the lively Opera-L-forum each day two guys post all important dates in music history: dates of début at the Met, dates of world premičres and dates of...
... In other words for you, Dona Francisquita is "Die Frau Ohne Gleichen"! (Maruxa of course is merely "Die Frau Ohne Schaffe".) I understand it's dangerous to...
Hello everyone Details of the wonderful new "Diccionario de la Zarzuela Vol.1" (A-G) from ICCMU are up on the site, together with details about "The Zarzuela ...
Mr. Weber's comment about Vives reminds me that about a year ago I came across a CD with Symphony #2 and the symphonic poem "Salamanca" by Tomás Bretón. I...
... Yes, indeed, Danilo; I agree it's a fine work full of good things, which gathers power as it goes on. The big last movement is a real tour-de-force, though...
I hate to make my very first post so prosaic, but I can think of no other source to find an answer. I am trying to order some CDs from El Corte Ingles. They...
... Barry I just had a little play round (on Spanish and English registration pages) and I think the answer is that "EE.UU" on the foreign list stands not for...
I was taught way back when in school that the abbrevition for Estados Unidos was EE. UU. It also appears in my English-Spanish dictionary (printed in 1955)....
Thanks to all. EE.UU. seems, indeed, to be be Spanish shorthand for USA. Why, then, not Alemania for Germany? - go figure! Thought I'd pass along a bit of...
This is clearly a mistake in the translation of the English web page of El Corte Ingles. EE.UU. is the Spanish acronym for US (double letter means plural, thus...
A little late, due to festive overindulgence! Mike Hopf's quiz is now open - you can access it easily from the "Zarzuela!" front page, and very good luck. Mike...
For those of us still mired at the dilettante level, with no hope of carrying off the prize for Mike Hopf's Xmas quiz, I'd like to propose a project that might...
Barry's post highlights an ongoing grievance which is not soon going to be remedied by 'official' CD transfers. The new commercial reissues from Homokord that...