Name: La vida breve
Start: 2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Cristina Gallardo-Domâs

Salud

Ténor

Jorge de León

Paco

Mezzo-soprano

Sandra Ferrández

Carmela

Direction d'orchestre

Lorin Varencove Maazel

Mise en scène

Giancarlo Del Monaco

Basse

Felipe Bou

Sarvaor

Isaac Galán

Manuel

Costumes

Jesús Ruiz

Chorégraphie

Goyo Montero

Lumières

Wolfgang von Zoubek

Décors

María Luisa Corbacho

la Abuela de Salud

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Orchestra

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

La vida breve -  (La Vie brève)

Valence

Espagne

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Auditori

La vida breve, an Andalusian opera in two acts written by Manuel de Falla on a libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw, staged by Giancarlo del Monaco at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, in Valencia.

It is without any doubts one of the greatest operas written in Spanish, La vida breve merges with Spanish Zarzuelas, lyric genre of the 17th century. The opera tells the story of a poor gypsy, Salud, and her lover, Paco, secretly engaged to a rich young woman. Shattered by such lies, Salud decided to go to the wedding ceremony.

This verismo opera combines different styles, from the Spanish drama and its flamenco to the classical drama reminding us of Puccini's writting and wagner's orchestration. Andalusian songs remain the most significant influence of the work.

This Giancarlo del Monaco production offers an incredible casting, with Chilean Soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, specialist of Puccini's work and known for her remarkable impersonation of Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. Not only is she greatly influenced by Puccini but her flamenco singing is also marvellous. Tenor Jorge de León plays Paco, with is powerful voice and charisma

La vida breve

Public

La Vie brève

Valide

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