Posts Tagged ‘Zarzuela’
Sep.
20
2022
A rare chance to see a zarzuela!
Zarzuela is a Spanish musical theater genre that isn’t produced in this area very often, so I was thrilled when I had a chance to chat with mezzo Laura Virella and music director David Peralto about the current production of “Revoltosa” at GALA Hispanic Theatre in D.C.. The show runs through October 2; information is […]
Jan.
21
2012
De Mi Alma Latina (From My Latin Soul)
Aside from devoting an entire hour to birthday tenor, conductor, and impresario Plácido Domingo, I want to blog about one soul recording. Maestro Domingo was born 71 years ago today in Spain. His parents, zarzuela singers, something like Spanish operetta singers, in the late 1940’s moved to Mexico and formed their own zarzuela company. Domingo […]
