Zarzuela! - Soprano

Songs from the Zarzuela for Tenor with piano accompaniment including notes on the dramatic context of each song and English literal translations by Christopher Webber. This unique collection presents celebrated songs from Zarzula the popular Spanish tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera popular song dance and spoken drama. As well as providing an excellent selection of high quality vocal music the ever-increasing popularity of Zarzuela means that this collection of songs will be welcomed by a wide range of experienced singers students amateur musicians and audiences everywhere.

Baritone-This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new thoroughly researched editions with accompanying text in Spanish and English. These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

At the early age of twelve Geronimo Gimenez was already among the 1st violins at the Teatro Principal in Spain and by the age of seventeen he was conducting opera and zarzuela performances in his hometown of Seville Spain. became the conductor at the Teatro Apolo. After his tenure there he went on to conduct at the Teatro de la Zarzuela which was founded by fellow zarzuela composer Francisco Barbieri. Among some of his most popular zarzuelas is 'La Boda de Luis Alonso' (1897)

Apparue pour la première fois en Espagne au 17ème siècle la zarzuela est un genre musical que lon pourrait comparer à lopéra comique. Contrairement au courant homologue italien lopera buffa la zarzuela sest davantage popularisée. Cest lopérette espagnole en quelque sorte. Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) fut lun des plus célèbres compositeurs de zarzuelas. Jan Rypens vous propose ici une adaptation pleine de fraîcheur de lintermezzo de la La Boda de Luis Alonso.

Zarzuela is a Spanish comic opera employing both spoken dialogue and musical numbers and whose cast includes many stock characters in situations that relate to Iberian society of years gone by. Doña Francisquita is considered one of the very greatest of the form and has continued to enjoy performances in Spanish-speaking countries from its premiere in 1923 to the present. The plot concerns three interlocking love triangles that come to a happy ending in the form of a betrothal of the leading lady Doña Francisquita and her love Fernando.Amadeo Vives was a composer conductor and teacher of music in Spain in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a choirmaster of renownand composer of many serious works as well as operettas and zarzuelas of which Doña Francisquita is considered his masterpiece. He brought to zarzuela a raised standard of harmony Orchestration and taste and he suffered the frustrations of people of serious ambition whose lighter works are the most beloved and remembered.