Zarzuela! - Soprano

This unique collection presents celebrated songs from the Zarzuela Spain's uniquely popular tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera popular song dance and spoken drama. This selection contains material from the best Spanish composers and the songs chosen for their suitability for singers first and foremost rather than the actor-singers who are such a distinctive feature of zarzuela in performance.

Mezzo-Soprano-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.

This unique collection presents celebrated songs from the Zarzuela Spain's uniquely popular tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera popular song dance and spoken drama. This selection contains material from the best Spanish composers and the songs chosen for their suitability for singers first and foremost rather than the actor-singers who are such a distinctive feature of zarzuela in performance.

Spanish conductor and composer Tomás Bretón (1850 1923) became conductor of the Madrid Opera and spent his professional life fighting for the cause of sophisticated Spanish music nationalism. Bretón composed the lively evocative zarzuela La Verbena de la Paloma in just nineteen days and it has remained popular with Spanish audiences since its premiere in 1894 for its humour its music and the characters that recall nineteenth century Madrid.La Verbena de la Paloma is scored for two to three Soprano roles one to two contrAltos one to two Tenors and five to six baritones as well as an actor-singer and actress-singer. The libretto is in Spanish withouttranslation.