Las bravías explained

Las bravías
Type:Zarzuela
Composer:Ruperto Chapí
Translated Name:The Pigeons
Librettist:
Language:Spanish
Based On:[Shakespeare's ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]| premiere_date = (incomplete)| premiere_location = Teatro Apolo, Madrid

Las bravías (The Pigeons) is a zarzuela in one act and four scenes with music by Ruperto Chapí. The work uses a Spanish language libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw and José López Silva that is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.[1] The opera premiered on 12 December 1896 at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid. Excerpts from the opera were recorded by tenor José Carreras, conductor Enrique García Asensio, and the English Chamber Orchestra in 1975 for Brilliant Classics.

Roles

!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast, 12 December 1896
Conductor: Ruperto Chapí
PatrosopranoIsabel Brú
PrimorosasopranoClotilde Perales
GurriatotenorEmilio Mesejo
MelaniacontraltoPilar Vidal
LuciobaritoneJosé Rodríguez
Colás, padre de PatrobassJosé Mesejo
VencejotenorJosé López Ontiveros
TomasasopranoAurora Rodríguez
PacasopranoCarmen Palmer
Altar boytenorLuis Manzano Mancebo
AlarcónbassMr. Incia
Epifaniospoken roleMr. Ripio

Notes and References

  1. Book: Censorship across Borders: The Reception of English Literature in Twentieth-Century Europe. 149. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2011. Catherine O'Leary. Alberto Lázaro. 9781443832526.