This year Jarvis will have two productions. Act one will be Luis Alonso, the story of a middle aged dance instructor and a young gypsy girl. The second act...
Hi everyone There are some problems just now with the servers hosting "zarzuela.net" - though anyone wanting to refer to the website can still do so, through ...
I'm glad to say the "zarzuela.net" website is now back up and running - although email has not yet caught up after the hiatus. It might be sensible for anyone...
Hi everyone There's a new section of the zarzuela.net "CD Magazine" online this week, covering various new and recent issues in DVD format. Still to come, a...
All of my Madrid friends are OK, but many of them know people who were injured in the bombings - I'm sure many of you will have had similar responses. These...
... else, the life-enhancing zarzuela into the world. I'm sure many of you will join me in thinking about our many friends and colleagues in Madrid this...
Dear Angel Gabriel, I am a Cuban-born, American Citizen. My four grandparents were Spanish as well as my wife's, were all Spanish. I have had to endure not...
I am shocked and stunned and extend all my sympathies to our Spanish friends, especially those who may have been personally affected by the latest terrorism. I...
Hey, Mariano Vidal, Do we know each other? From La Tabernera del puerto???? Celeste website: <A...
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Hello, Celeste! Of course we know each other! You did a wonderful comedic role in "La Tabernera", as Chinchorro's wife (Dec. of '98?). You had us in stitches...
Ignacio Jassa Haro has posted a full Spanish report on the unveiled plans for the 2004-5 season - to which I've added a shortened English digest giving the...
On May 7, 8 and 9 of May, 2004, the Orlando Opera will be presenting "Luisa Fernanda" with Kirstin Chavez, Ana Rodriguez and Scott Piper, under the baton of...
... She certainly played Luisa (on Columbia under Fruhbeck de Burgos) but there's no defined vocal type in the notes. At what stage of her career did she bill...
I'll be there in Orlando for the performance. It will be my first zarzuela live performance! Looking forward to it. [Non-text portions of this message have...
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That's very interesting! I didn't know she was a soprano before being famous as a mezzo. I know that going back to 1963 she was already singing and recording...
Congratulations! I am sure you will enjoy it. If they do it right, it should be a very entertaining evening, but with Zinger's experience and the resources...
Her early recordings in zarzuela were in soprano roles, back in the early fifties. Many of them have been re-released by later companies. In addition to Luisa...
Thanks for the info. Very interesting. Do you happen to know when she started her career? Early 50's sounds a little early. ... From: latmarco@... To:...
... No, it's quite correct - she was very, very young. ... It is her very first record. The boy (Garibaldi) is a 'tiple' role with no notes above the stave at...
Did Berganza begin her career as a zarzuelera, turned opera singer later, or was she singing in both types of repertory at the time? I first heard of her...
Both Berganza and Lorengar were opera singers. I do not think they have performed zarzuelas on stage. They were hired for that big project of recording many...
According to this opera site: http://archivio.opera.it/English/Cantanti/Berganza.html , Berganza was born in 1935 so she must have been 19 (and still a student...
That's were I am confused, because if I remember correctly this big project with Ataulfo Argenta was when they were already famous opera singers, and not in...
Beats me. I believe there is a later recording of "Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente" where Berganza plays Pepa, not the Garibaldi. I do not know the distance in...
"Of the famous opera singers probably Alfredo Kraus was the first one to record and perform complete zarzuelas in the late 50's, at the beginning of his ...
Thanks for the info. Anyway, the whole thing started with my statement that the "Luisa Fernanda" in Orlando is going to be sung by a mezzo. The baritone is...
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