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Opera
Valentín de Zubiaurre
Don Fernando, el emplazado
15 May, 21 - 17 May, 21
Opera in concert version
Musical conductor: José Miguel Pérez Sierra | Titular Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
The mysterious death of King Ferdinand IV of Castile was the subject for this opera in which bel canto tradition fused with the innovations of Gounod and Meyerbeer, stars of the so-called “French-German school”, so new to the opera horizon in Madrid. With this combination, the Biscayan Valentín de Zubiaurre emerged as the great promise of Spanish Romantic opera during the patriotic years following the Glorious Revolution. After winning the National Music Competition in 1869, Don Fernando, el Emplazado premiered with a Spanish libretto in Madrid at the Teatro Alhambra, two years before it was staged in Italian at the Teatro Real, in April 1874. The protagonist for that occasion was tenor Enrico Tamberlick, who had sung the first Álvaro of La forza del destino and debuted the role of Jorge in the opera version of Marina. According to a critic of the time, Peña y Goñi, the score possessed “instinctive dramatic warmth, passionate rhythm and an orchestration which is, at once, delicate and rowdy”. Thanks to the research effort of the Instituto de Ciencias Musicales of the Universidad Complutense (Madrid), the Teatro Real does justice to its own history and that of Lyrical art in Spanish Romanticism.
Spanish opera in three acts
Music by Valentín de Zubiaurre (1837-1914)
Libretto by Riccardo Castelvecchio and Ernesto Palermi
Premiered at the Teatro Alhambra of Madrid on the 12th of May, 1871
Premiered at the Teatro Real on the 5th of April, 1874
Concert version
Titular Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
(Coro Intermezzo / Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)
Artistic team
Conductor | José Miguel Pérez Sierra
Chorus Master I Andrés Máspero
Cast
Estrella | Miren Urbieta Vega
Violante | Cristina Faus
Fernando IV | Damián del Castillo
Don Pedro de Carvajal | José Bros
Don Juan de Carvajal | Fernando Radó
Don Rodrigo | Gerardo López
Page | Vicenç Esteve
Crier | Gerardo Bullón
Language
Italian
Subtitles in
Spanish, English
Artistic information
Creative team
Cast
Releases
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2021Performances
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15 May 2021
19:30
Main Auditorium
Miren Urbieta-Vega, Cristina Faus, Damián del Castillo, José Bros, Fernando Radó, Gerardo López, Vicenç Esteve, Gerardo Bullón
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17 May 2021
19:30
Main Auditorium
Miren Urbieta-Vega, Cristina Faus, Damián del Castillo, José Bros, Fernando Radó, Gerardo López, Vicenç Esteve, Gerardo Bullón
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