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Waiting for the Hearse ( Spanish: Esperando la carroza) is a theatrical play, written by the Uruguayan Jacobo Langsner. It belongs to the criollo grotesque ( costumbrismo) genre or black comedy and premiered in Montevideo in 1962. [1] Ever since it has seen many adaptations, including the world-famous 1985 film of the same name.
Jacobo Langsner (23 June 1927 – 10 August 2020) [ 1 ] was a Uruguayan playwright who had a strong presence in the Uruguayan theatre from 1950 onwards. His work is a showcase of middle-class hypocrisy.
The film was an adaptation of the play Esperando la carroza (Waiting for the Hearse) by Romanian-Uruguayan Jacobo Langsner and its TV adaptation, broadcast as a part of a show called Alta Comedia by Channel 9 of Buenos Aires during the 1970s, starred China Zorrilla who would go on to play the main role on the big screen adaptation later on, Pepe Soriano, Raúl Rossi, Dora Baret, Alberto ...
The studio album Snakes & Arrows is the only one to feature multiple instrumental tracks: "The Main Monkey Business", "Hope", and "Malignant Narcissism". "The Main Monkey Business" clocks in at 6 minutes and 1 second, making it Rush's second longest instrumental, the longest being "La Villa Strangiato".
Arpa jarocha. The arpa jarocha is a large wooden harp that is normally played while standing, although early examples from the 16th through the first three or four decades of the 19th centuries were smaller and were played while seated. It has a wooden frame, a resonator, a flat soundboard, 32-36 nylon strings (originally, gut strings), and ...
Dr. Alfredo Rolando Ortiz was invited to compose a piece to be premiered on July 22, 2008, during the Tenth World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Originally created for four harps or harp ensemble, the classical composition, titled "Cumbia Verde," was performed by 232 harpists. Alfredo was born in Cuba.
L'arpa festante. L'arpa festante is a German chamber orchestra, specializing in the revival and performance of unknown works, especially from the Baroque era. It was established in Munich in 1983 by Michi Gaigg, who also led the ensemble as concertmaster until 1995. The ensemble takes its name from Giovanni Battista Maccioni 's dramatic cantata ...
Antonio Gasalla was born in Ramos Mejía, a western suburb of Buenos Aires, in 1941. [1] He enrolled at the National Dramatic Arts Conservatory, and began his work in Buenos Aires' vibrant theatre scene in 1964 as an understudy, by which he befriended a colleague, Uruguayan émigré Carlos Perciavalle. He and Perciavalle starred in their ...