FULL EL VIZCONDE Comic Zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri Madrid 2025 Irene Palazón, Blanca Valido, Juan Antonio Sanabria

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: El vizconde, Comic Zarzuela  
• Composer: Barbieri Francisco Asenjo   
• Libretto:  Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain  
• Recorded: October 1, 2025
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Irene Palazón, Blanca Valido, Juan Antonio Sanabria, César San Martín
• Conductor: Miquel Ortega  
• Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble, Miquel Ortega, PIANO  
• Stage Director: Alfonso Romero  
• Stage Designer: Carolina González Sanz  
• Costume Designer: Rosa García Andújar  
• Lighting Designer: Félix Garma  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Fundacion March  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, essubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PROGRAM LEAFLET  

  By the mid-19th century, minor theatrical genres in Spain experienced an unprecedented boom. This frenzy led to the emergence of new dramaturgies, venues, and companies devoted to short-form theatre, which eventually crystallised into what became known as género chico: entertaining one-act works usually lasting under an hour. Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894) played a key role in this process with a prolific output that remains partly forgotten. This new edition of Chamber Musical Theatre revives two titles successfully premiered in the 1850s: the comic zarzuela El vizconde [The Viscount] is interwoven with the lyrical-comic interlude Gato por liebre [Cat for a Hare].

  Gato por liebre, lyrical-comic interlude by Antonio Hurtado, music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
  El vizconde, comic zarzuela by Francisco Camprodón, music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

  GATO POR LIEBRE
  00:00 Prelude
  00:50 No. 1. Aria “Cada vez que miro y toco esos tarros de cristal” (Cecilia)
  03:19 Scene I. “Vamos a ver” (Cecilia)
  05:50 Scene II. “¡Cecilia!” (Baroness)
  08:17 No. 2. Aria “Es chiquitito, blanco y rubito” (Baroness)
  11:15 Scene III. “Él será: sí, mi inquietud” (Baroness). Scene IV. “Salga usted… ¡Jesús!” (Cecilia). Scene V. “¡Tú en Madrid!” (Baroness and Countess)
  13:15 Scene VI. “¡Ejem…! ¡Ejem…!” (Baroness and Countess)

  EL VIZCONDE
  15:34 Prelude
  17:53 No. 3. Duet “Cuéntame el caso” (Don Alfonso and Don Rodrigo)
  22:46 Scene VII. “Veo sin gran complacencia” (Don Alfonso and Don Rodrigo)
  25:31 No. 4. Aria “Del colegio escapado me vengo” (The Viscount)
  30:44 Scene VIII. “Aquí de mi bizarría”. Scene IX. “Al cabo le convencí” (Don Alfonso). Scene X. “Tentado estoy de pedirle” (The Viscount)
  32:36 Scene XI. “Me ha engañado mi deseo” (Doña Elena and The Viscount)
  34:13 No. 5. Duet “Tu corazón no tiene amor si no puede usar tanto rigor” (The Viscount and Doña Elena)
  36:19 Scene XII & No. 5bis. Trio “Levántate, hijo mío” (Don Alfonso, The Viscount, and Doña Elena)
  42:49 Scene XIII. “Aquí la víctima está” (Don Rodrigo)

  GATO POR LIEBRE
  44:17 Interlude. “Siempre igual, en lo más interesante” (Countess)
  47:10 No. 6. Duet “Tengo yo un cierto majito” (Baroness and Countess)
  48:55 Scene XIV. “¡Qué alegres están las viejas!” (Cecilia). Scene XV. “Estoy débil” (Baroness and Countess)

  EL VIZCONDE
  51:51 Interlude and Scene XVI. “¿Qué es eso?” (The Viscount and Don Rodrigo)
  54:03 No. 7. Duet “Ponte ya en guardia” (Don Rodrigo and The Viscount)
  01:00:05 Scene XVII. “Tiene el valor de un romano” (Don Rodrigo). Scene XVIII. “¿Todavía estás ahí?” (Doña Elena and Don Rodrigo)
  01:03:24 Scene XIX. “Hola, ¿estabas aquí, Elena?” (Don Alfonso and Doña Elena)
  01:04:43 Scene XX. “Mírale qué cabizbajo” (Don Alfonso, The Viscount, and Doña Elena)
  01:07:48 Scene XXI. “¡Estrafalarios, canallas!” (Don Rodrigo, The Viscount, Doña Elena, and Don Alfonso)
  01:08:47 No. 8. Finale “Si hay entre tantos un enemigo” (The Viscount, Don Rodrigo, Don Alfonso, and Doña Elena)
  01:10:01 Interlude

  GATO POR LIEBRE
  01:11:56 Scene XXII (continued). “Me ha encantado el capítulo” (Baroness and Countess)
  01:13:37 Scene XXIII. “¡Jesús! ¡Qué grosca del diablo!” (Serafín, Baroness, and Countess)
  01:16:11 Scene XXIV. “¡Serafín!” (Cecilia, Serafín, Baroness, and Countess). Scene XXV. “¡Qué desgraciada que soy!” (Baroness and Countess)
  01:16:35 Finale. No. 9. “Gato por liebre ha sido su amor artero” (Baroness and Countess)

   

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