FULL El pelele (Gómez) & Mavra (Stravinsky) Madrid 2016
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: El pelele & Mavra
- Composer: Gómez Julio, Stravinsky Igor
- Libretto: Cipriano Rivas Cherif, Boris Kojnó Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
- Recorded: April 2016
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Susana Cordón, Marina Makhmoutova, Anna Moroz, José Manuel Montero
- Conductor: Roberto Balistreri
- Orchestra: Roberto Balistreri, PIANO
- Stage Director: Tomás Muñoz
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: FUNDACIÓN JUAN MARCH
- Date Published: 2016
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, essubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
El Pelele (the wimp), inspired by the eighteenth-century tonadilla, is a classic example of this aesthetic in which several Spanish composers and scholars of the time also participated. Its premiere in 1925 was accompanied by the recovery of two tonadillas from the 18th century, in an effort to renew this genre with Goyesque overtones. This production recovers the song and piano version by Gómez himself, performed on several occasions throughout the 1930s.
For his part, Stravinsky resorted to the plot of a story by Pushkin and the evocation of various styles of the past to compose Mavra. The composer himself participated on the piano in the preview of this opera, sponsored by Diaghilev, interpreting the version that is represented in this production.