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Ángela Peralta circa 1875. Ángela Peralta (6 July 1845, [1] Mexico City [2] – 30 August 1883, Mazatlán) (baptised María de los Ángeles Manuela Tranquilina Cirila Efrena Peralta Castera) was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic life of 19th-century Mexico.
The earliest Spanish operas appeared in the mid-17th century, with libretti by such famous writers as Calderón de la Barca and Lope de Vega to music by such composers as Juan Hidalgo de Polanco. These early operas, however, failed to catch the imagination of the Spanish public.
The first opera, performed in Florence (music now lost). [243] 1600 Euridice (Peri). The earliest opera whose music survives. [243] 1625 La liberazione di Ruggiero (Francesca Caccini). First opera by a woman. [244] 1627 Dafne (Heinrich Schütz). First German opera. Music now lost. [245] 1660 La púrpura de la rosa (Juan Hidalgo). First Spanish ...
Pages in category "Spanish-language operas" ... Los amores de la Inés; Aurora (opera) B. El barberillo de Lavapiés; Beatrix Cenci; Behold the Man, La Ópera de Cecilia;
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (28 September 1614 – 31 March 1685) was a Spanish composer and harpist [1] who became the most influential composer of his time in the Hispanic world writing the music for the first two operas created in Spanish.
Opera was brought to Mexico during the colonial era by Spanish missionaries and settlers. The first documented opera performance in Mexico took place in 1701 in Mexico City. The first opera by a Mexican-born composer was Manuel de Zumaya's La Parténope, performed in 1711 before a private audience in the Viceroy's Palace in Mexico City. [4]
“The Cottage,” “La Quinta” in Spanish, follows an upper-middle-class family in Argentina as they retreat to their vacation home for winter break, only to discover signs of an intruder.
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").