Lyric season
Curro Vargas
Drama lírico in three acts
Approximate duration: 3 hours and 50 minutes
Drama lírico in three acts by Joaquín Dicenta and Manuel Paso Cano
Music by RUPERTO CHAPÍ
Worldpremiered at Teatro de Parish, Madrid, on December 10, 1898
New production of Teatro de la Zarzuela
Curro Vargas, one of the most emblematic works of 19th century Spanish lyrical repertoire, has been performed infrequently – in spite of its importance – over the past decades when it should be considered a great and universal lyrical drama. A work about obsession in love and death, on this occasion it will be performed without cuts, as it was for the première. At the same time, this will be a Curro Vargas in tune with present day sentiments, thanks to the stage production by Graham Vick and the musical direction of Guillermo García Calvo and Martín Baeza-Rubio.
Curro Vargas is an ambitious composition with operatic vocation. Ruperto Chapí composed the piece at the height of his career, investing in it all his talent and profound musical knowledge. The text is sophisticated, replete with nuances and multi-layers of interpretation, a splendid study of human behaviour which comprises a weighty ethical and moral debate. The entire work is impregnated with a sharp critique of customs and traditions, as is the novel on which it is based: El niño de la bola, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Below the appearance of a community which is often festive and appears inoffensive is a core of darkness, moral decay and violence.
Synopsis
There is a sense of uneasiness in the village with the return of Curro Vargas. He had once been Soledad’s suitor. She had also loved him and sworn faithfulness. Some time before, he had been scorned by the young girl’s father (now dead) who wanted a rich husband for his daughter. Curro left the village in search of his fortune, but not before he threatened death to anyone who conquered the heart of this woman. He also threatened Soledad...
Dates & Times
February 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28
March 1 and 2, 2014
8 PM (Sundays, at 6 PM)
- Audience days
- Fabruary 26
- Subscription performances
- February 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 27 and 28
Artistic Team
- Music director:
- Guillermo García Calvo (February 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22 and 23) / Martín Baeza-Rubio (February 26, 27 and 28; March 1 and 2)
- Stage director:
- Graham Vick
- Sets and costumes:
- Paul Brown
- Lights:
- Giuseppe Di Iorio
- Choreography:
- Ron Howell
- Sets assistant:
- Carlos Murcia
- Director asistant:
- Pablo Viar
- Light assistant:
- Carmen Martínez
- Costumes assistant:
- Cristina Rodríguez
Cast
- SOLEDAD
- Saioa Hernández (February 14, 16, 20, 22 and 27; March 1)
- Cristina Faus (February 15, 21, 23, 26 and 28; March 2)
- CURRO VARGAS
- Andeka Gorrotxategui (February 14, 16, 20, 22 and 27; March 1)
- Alejandro Roy (February 15, 21, 23, 26 and 28; March 2)
- DOÑA ANGUSTIAS
- Milagros Martín
- ROSINA
- Ruth González
- LA TÍA EMPLASTOS
- Aurora Frías
- TIMOTEO
- Israel Lozano
- DON MARIANO ROMERO
- Joan Martín-Royo (February 14, 16, 20, 22 and 27; March 1
- Marco Moncloa (February 15, 21, 23, 26 and 28; March 2)
- EL CAPITÁN VELASCO
- Gerardo Bullón
- EL PADRE ANTONIO
- Luis Álvarez
- EL ALCALDE
- Airam de Acosta
- ARRIEROS
- Francisco Sánchez, Juan Manuel Padrón, Sebastiá Peris
- FIGURACIÓN
- Juan López-Tagle (Petimetre), Óscar Villalobos (Petimetre), Ainhoa Hernández (Damisela), Sonia Castilla (Moza), Ana Mayo (Moza), Camilo Maqueda (Mayordomo), Carmen Angulo, Manuel Belmonte, Olho Branco, Moi Camacho, Sergio Castelar, Alfonso Cayetano, Joaquín Fernández, Pablo Garzón, María González, Ismael de la Hoz, Joaquín Mancera, Gabriel Nicolás, Julián Ortega, Germán Peñate, Celia Pérez, Fede Ruiz, Daniel Teba, Alexandro Valeiras, Alvar Zarco
- TELESFORO
- Alberto M. Rios*
- PAJALARGA
- Antonio González*
- MOZO 1.º
- Mario Villoria*
- MOZO 2.º
- Javier Ferrer*
- PETIMETRE
- Houari López*
- * Miembros del Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela
- FIGURACIÓN
- Celia Pérez, Ana Mayo, Ainhoa Hernández, Sonia Castilla, Moi Camacho, Gabriel Nicolás, Óscar Villalobos, Alfonso Cayetano, Alvar Zarzo, Sergio Castelar, Alexandro Valeiras, Joaquín Fernández, Camilo Maqueda, Manuel Belmonte, Germán Peñate, Fede Ruiz, Daniel Teba, Juan López-Tagle, Julián Ortega, Ismael de la Hoz, Olho Branco
- NIÑOS
- Izan Corsino, Marcos Gómez
- Escolanía Cantorium
- Director: Antonio Bautista
- Banda La Lira de Pozuelo
- Director: Maxi Santos
- Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
- Resident orchestra of Teatro de La Zarzuela
- Coro del Teatro de La Zarzuela
- Director:
- Antonio Fauró
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