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FULL AURORA (Héctor Panizza) Buenos Aires 2024 Daniela Tabernig, Fermín Prieto, Hernán Iturralde, Alejandro Spies
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Aurora
- Composer: Panizza Héctor
- Libretto: Luigi Illica Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Recorded: September 26, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Daniela Tabernig, Fermín Prieto, Hernán Iturralde, Alejandro Spies, Santiago Martínez, Cristian Maldonado, Virginia Guevara, Claudio Rotella, Andres Cofré, Ramiro Pérez, Gabriel Vacas, Leonardo Fontana, Eugenia Coronel Bugnon, Cintia Velázquez, Edgardo Zecca, Mariano Crosio, Juan Barrile
- Conductor: Ulises Maino
- Orchestra: Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
- Chorus: Coro Estable del Teatro Colón
- Chorus Master: Miguel Martínez
- Stage Director: Betty Gambartes Escenografía y Vestuario Iluminación Diseño de Video Rodrigo Vila Pablo Margiotta Asistente de Dirección de Escena Diego Avalos Marlon Zé Asistentes de Escenografía Mariela Solari Bartolomei Rodrigo Fernando Asistente de Vestuario Maria Cristina Tavano
- Stage Designer: Graciela Galán
- Costume Designer: Graciela Galán
- Lighting Designer: Roberto Traferri
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Teatro Colon
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, essubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Aurora is an opera in three acts by the Argentine composer Héctor Panizza (also known as Ettore Panizza) set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Hector Quesada. Composed in 1907, Aurora became the second national opera of Argentina, after Felipe Boero’s more popular El Matrero. Although its plot is set in Argentina, Aurora is Italian in style. Panizza’s score shows a strong influence of Giordano and Mascagni.
Aurora was the first Argentine opera to be commissioned for the inaugural season of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where it premiered on 5 September 1908. The main tenor aria, “Alta en el cielo” (“High in the sky”), from the intermedio épico at the finale of Act 2 was used as a national hymn to the Argentine flag. What not many people know is that the Spanish lyrics are a poor translation of the original Italian text, so many lines are obscure and hard to make sense of.
The later revised version of the opera set in Spanish was premiered on 9 July 1945 and is now considered the Argentine patriotic opera par excellence. Aurora was also performed at Teatro Colón in 1909 (with Hariclea Darclée), 1945, 1953, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1983 and 1999.
Quoted from Wikipedia