Duration104 Min
Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Opera
Teatro Real, Madrid
Production Date: 16/07/2006
Duration104 Min
Video Formats
Nineteenth-century Madrid: and as the flames of civil war sweep across Spain, the dark-eyed beauty Luisa Fernanda finds her heart as torn as her loyalties. Premiered in 1932, Federico Torroba's epic zarzuela is arguably Spain's national opera, and a classic of the repertoire at Madrid's Teatro Real, where this lavish performance was filmed in 2006. Jesus Lopez Cobos conducts a cast steeped in zarzuela tradition and, with Plácido Domingo singing the role of the lovelorn royalist Vidal, it's hard to imagine a better introduction to a masterpiece that is still far too little known outside of Spain.
- Soloists:
- Mariola Cantarero (Soprano), Nancy Herrera (Mezzo-Soprano), José Bros (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Raquel Pierotti (Mezzo-Soprano), Javier Ferrer (Baritone), Sabina Puértolas (Soprano), Federico Gallar (Baritone), David Rubiera (Bass), Montserrat Muñumel (Soprano), Ángel Rodríguez (Tenor), Tomeu Bibiloni (Baritone), Juan Carlos Navarro (Baritone), Miguel Borrallo (Tenor), Julio Cendal (Tenor), José Manuel Cardama (Tenor), Juan Antonio Sanabria (Tenor), Joseba Pinela (Bass)
- Ensembles:
- Chorus of the Teatro Real , Orchestra of the Teatro Real
- Conductor:
- Jesús López Cobos
