FULL LA DOLORES (Breton) Jerez de la Frontera 1998 Teresa Novoa, Federico Gallar, Luís Dámaso, Luís Cansino
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Dolores
- Composer: Breton Tomas
- Libretto: Tomás Bretón Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Villamarta. Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- Recorded: September 18, 1998
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Teresa Novoa, Federico Gallar, Luís Dámaso, Luís Cansino, Rodrigo Esteves
- Conductor: Miquel Ortega
- Orchestra: J.O.N.D.E.
- Chorus: CORO Teatro Villamarta
- Choreographer: Luis A. Bueno
- Stage Director: Julián Molina
- Stage Designer: Julián Molina
- Costume Designer: Julián Molina
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Francisco Alonso
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
La Dolores is a Spanish opera (ópera Española) in 3 acts by Tomás Bretón. The libretto was arranged by composer himself from a same-name drama by Josep Feliu i Codina (1892). The opera was first performed at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid on 16 March 1895 and was an immediate success. The most famous piece from the opera is the grandiose jota from the finale of the first act.
Composition and Performance History
For many years Bretón struggled to establish the genre of Spanish national opera. La Dolores is one of his nine operas, none of which remained in the standard repertoire. However, at the time of its composition it gained great success, having 53 consecutive performances in Madrid and another 103 in Barcelona.[2]
In the Spanish edition the opera has a subtitle ópera Española, while in the Italian it is called a dramma lirico. It is dedicated to Anselmo González del Valle.
The action is placed in 1830s, in Calatayud, a town in Aragón. The title character Dolores is a maid at an inn.[4]