FULL LA GRAN VIA (Chueca) Sevilla 2023 Alejandro Rull, Javier Sánchez Rivas, Andrés Merino
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Gran Vía
- Composer: Federico Chueca, Joaquín Valverde
- Libretto: Felipe Pérez y González Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Espacio Turina, Sevilla, Spain
- Recorded: June 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Alejandro Rull, Javier Sánchez Rivas, Andrés Merino, Marta García Morales, Mario Coelho, Alicia Naranjo, Julio Nomdedeu, Paula Ramírez, Lorenzo Fernández, Lorena Ávila, Amando Martín, Jerónimo Vázquez, Luz Gutiérrez, Paloma Pérez
- Conductor: Elena Martínez Delgado
- Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro Titular de la Compañía Sevillana de Zarzuela
- Stage Director: Marta García Morales
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: CiaSevillanaZarzuela
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
La Gran Vía, comic-lyrical, fantastic-street magazine in one act (original full title of the work) is a zarzuela in one act and five paintings with music by the teachers Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde and a libretto by Felipe Pérez and González released for the first time at the Teatro Felipe in Madrid on July 2, 1886 and later performed at length at the Teatro Apolo. It achieved so much fame that some pictures had to be changed, since being a current affairs magazine, it had to be modernized. This is how new paintings appeared such as “On Alcalá Street” or “The Toy Bazaar.”
He is an exponent of the boy genre taken to the field of current affairs magazine, where the social and political concerns of the moment were exposed with good humor and satirical sense. The libretto, due to the great festive author Felipe Pérez y González, skillfully and satirically portrays the news of the moment, showing on stage a great parade of comic types and situations with great effect.
The music is an exponent of the melodic ease of Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde, creating numbers that connect with the public such as “La jota de los rats”, “El tango de la Menegilda” or “La mazurka de los marineritos”.