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Virginia (Montero)
''Virginia'' (1873) is an opera in four acts with music by Venezuelan composer José Ángel Montero and libretto, in Italian, by Domenico Bancalari. It is believed to be the first opera ever composed in Venezuela, and was first performed in the Teatro Caracas on April 26, 1873. The plot of the opera deals with despotic power and social injustice. In 1969, the opera was revived in the Teatro Municipal de Caracas with the soprano Fedora Alemán in the title role. Later it was recorded, and revived again in July 2003, in a setting by the Compañía Nacional de Ópera Alfredo Sadel and the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, with Elizabeth Almenar, Cayito Aponte and Amelia Salazar in the principal roles. 1969 recording * Virginia: Fedora Alemán * Claudio: Ramón Iriarte * Icilio: Blas Martínez * Marcos: Alfredo Izquierdo * Virginio: Danilo Van der Hahn * Emilia: Yolanda Correa * Chorus of the Escuela Nacional de Ópera * Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela * Conductor: Primo Casa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ángel Montero
José Ángel Montero (born Caracas October 2, 1832 - died Caracas August 24, 1881) was a Venezuelan opera composer, a contemporary of the Brazilian Antônio Carlos Gomes, Carlos Gomes. As ''maestro di capilla'' at the cathedral of Caracas he wrote religious music; he also composed a number of zarzuelas and, in 1873, the opera ''Virginia (Montero), Virginia'', to an Italian language, Italian-language libretto. Works *''Doña Inés'' or ''la Política en el Hogar'', 1862. *''La modista'' (zarzuela in two acts, 1864). *''Fabio o Estela'' or ''el casamiento por Dote'', 1865. *''La curiosidad de las Mujeres'' or ''El Huésped enamorado'', 1865. *''Los Alemanes en Italia'', 1866. *''Colegialas con colegialas'' (zarzuela in two acts), 1868. *''La Castañera'', 1868. *''El Charlatán Mudo'', 1873. *''Diamira'', 1873. *''Virginia'', 1873. *''Tragedia Lírica'', 1873. *''Atrás'' or ''el Centinela''. *''Un baile en Caracas'' or ''el Cumpleaños de Leonor'' (zarzuela in one act), 1865. *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |