FULL LA DOGARESA (Millán) Algeciras 2017 Sonia Quiñones, Javier Jurado, Jorge de la Rosa
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Dogaresa
- Composer: Rafael Millán Picazo
- Libretto: Antonio López Monis Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Florida de Algeciras, Spain
- Recorded: April 22, 2017
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Sonia Quiñones, Javier Jurado, Jorge de la Rosa, Ángel Tomás Pérez, José Luis Sanz de Galdeano, Carmen Gutiérrez
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Asociación Musical La Bohemia
- Chorus: Coro de la Asociación Musical La Bohemia
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Asociación Musical La Bohemia
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs, essubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from zarzuela.net
Next to his mentor Luna, Rafael Millán was the most important composer of large scale operetta-zarzuelas. In La Dogaresa (‘The Doge’s Wife’, Barcelona’s Teatro Tívoli, 17th September 1920) López Monís offered him a spectacular libretto of Verdian flavour, drawing on Rigoletto for the rounded central character of a cruel but lovelorn court jester, and on I Due Foscari for the melodrama of Venetian intrigue.
Romantic intensity is effectively relieved by lighter elements, such as the machinations of the streetwise ‘second couple’ Marco and Rosina, characters squarely within the native, Spanish tradition.
Millán’s atmospheric score for this typical tragi-comic mixture draws on Venetian barcarolle rhythms, and maintains a high quality throughout. The beautifully scored Dúo for Marietta and the jester, Miccone, with its important concertante parts for solo strings, breathes a heavily Spanish melancholy. The baritone’s narrative song “Un conde fue” concludes with a breathless tarantella – a flight of musical daring which matches the dangerous theatrical situation.