The Zarzuela Companion
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The Zarzuela Companion

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The Zarzuela Companion

About this book

It has been said that zarzuela means to Spain what operetta means to Vienna, Offenbach to Paris, Gilbert and Sullivan to London, and the musical to Broadway. Zarzuela is Spain's unique contribution to lyric theatre, a mixture of spoken and sung drama with a complex history extending over four centuries.

The Zarzuela Companion is a comprehensive guide to zarzuela's most popular and romantic works written after 1850, with chapters devoted to the major Spanish zarzuela composers, writers and singers. Complete synopses of all sixty works selected are delivered at the level of detail necessary for non-Spanish speakers to follow along with ease. The book also features special sections on the history of the genre, and on the parallel Catalan and Cuban zarzuela traditions.

A foreword by Plácido Domingo, a selected discography with current catalog reference numbers, a brief bilingual bibliography and glossary of Spanish terms make this book indispensable for the newcomer and aficionado alike.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Zarzuela: A Brief History
  9. 2 Zarzuela Today
  10. 3 Francisco Alonso
  11. 4 Emilio Arrieta
  12. 5 Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
  13. 6 Tomás Bretón
  14. 7 Ruperto Chapí
  15. 8 Federico Chueca
  16. 9 Manuel Fernández Caballero
  17. 10 Joaquín Gaztambide
  18. 11 Gerónimo Giménez
  19. 12 Jacinto Guerrero
  20. 13 Jesús Guridi
  21. 14 Vicente Lleó
  22. 15 Pablo Luna
  23. 16 Rafael Millán
  24. 17 Federico Moreno Torroba
  25. 18 Manuel Penella
  26. 19 José Serrano
  27. 20 Pablo Sorozábal
  28. 21 Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert
  29. 22 Tomás López Torregrosa
  30. 23 José María Usandizaga
  31. 24 Amadeu Vives
  32. 25 Nineteenth Century
  33. 26 Twentieth Century
  34. 27 Catalan Sarsuela
  35. 28 Cuban Zarzuela
  36. 29 Writers
  37. 30 Singers
  38. Appendices
  39. Index
  40. About the Author