Organization

Singer

Beatriz Díaz

Amor

Mezzo-soprano

Clara Mouriz

Céfiro

Soprano

María Bayo

Liríope

Conductor

Alan Curtis

Stage director

Andrés Lima

Costume designer

Beatriz Sanjuan

Set designer

Ruth González

Delfa

Gustavo De Gennaro

Marisa

Mercedes Arcuri

Ninfa

Alberto San Juan

Antenor

Teatro Lírico Nacional de la Zarzuela

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Coro del Teatro de La Zarzuela

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Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla

Viento es la dicha de Amor

Madrid

Spain

Teatro de la Zarzuela

Viento es la dicha de Amor Nebra

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Probably written at the beginning of the 18th century by dramatist Antonio de Zamora, the zarzuela Viento es la dicha de Amor premièred in Madrid on November 28, 1743. With music by José de Nebra, the mythological story by Zamora and the score of the most relevant Spanish composer inthe decades of the mid 18th century came together.

The piece takes place over two days. It presents three stories of amorous desire on three different but related levels. The first is the relationship Liriope-Zephyrus. She is a nymph who is dedicated to the worship of the God Love. At the beginning of the work, his temple is aflame, set on fire by Zephyrus the God of Wind. On a second level we have Antenor, a foreign Count, who is madly in love with Phaedra. Phaedra is also in love, but it is an unrequitted love of Zephyrus. Delfa, a nymph, and Marsyas, the Count’s servant, represent the common folk in this triple imbroglio.

For this production Andrés Lima transports us to a Swiss Spa of the 21st century. Three employees tell the story of Zephyrus and Liriope to a mysterious character who turns out to be the God Love. Lima substitutes most of the verses from the original libretto with a selection of Spanish Love Poetry from the 17th to the 21st centuries. He injects large doses of eroticism and desire on to his stage by way of the verses, beauty, sensuality, massage... and Epicurus.

English

Viento es la dicha de Amor by Nebra, From (2013/2013), Directed by Andrés Lima,, Conductor Alan Curtis, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain

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