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The courtly Baroque zarzuela, a mixture of sophisticated verse drama, allegorical opera, popular song, and dance, became the fashion of the Spanish court for over the next 100 years. The opera artform flourished in Spain during the eighteenth century, with two excellent composers, Sebastián Durón and Antonio Literes.
Pages in category "Spanish-language operas" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A Raíña Lupa;
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]
Florencia was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera and premiered in Houston on October 25, 1996. It was the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by major United States opera houses.
Classification: Theatre: Genres: Opera: Operas: By language. This is a container category. Due to its scope, ... Spanish-language operas (69 P)
La vida breve (Spanish Life is Short or The Brief Life) is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla to an original libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw.The opera being set in Granada, Andalusian Spanish is used.
The opera enjoyed great success in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries and was produced in English as The Wild Cat in New York's Park Theater in 1921 with Penella conducting. According to The New York Times , by the time it had opened in New York, El gato montés had already received 2700 performances.
His major opera Moses und Aron was left unfinished at his death. [56] Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) Wrote two short, but innovative, operas: L'enfant et les sortilèges, set in the world of childhood, and the Spanish-flavoured L'heure espagnole. [57]