''Gitano'' is a 2007 album of

zarzuela () is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ...

arias sung by tenor

Rolando Villazón Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born 22 February 1972) is a Mexican operatic tenor, stage director, author, radio and television personality and artistic director. He now lives in France, and in 2007 became a French citizen. Villazón has published ...

, with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid conducted by

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

, for Virgin Classics.Billboard - 2007 2 17 p37 "2007 is already proving to be a big year for superstar tenor Rolando Villazon. The Mexican singer has just released "Gitano" (Virgin Classics, Feb. 6), a fascinating and colorful disc of 20th-century Spanish zarzuelas (theatrical songs) sung ...

Track listing

* "Por el humo se sabe dónde está el fuego" from ''

Doña Francisquita ''Doña Francisquita'' is a zarzuela in three acts composed by Amadeo Vives to a Spanish libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw and based on Lope de Vega's play ' (''The Ingenious Lover''). With its colourful score and com ...

'' by

Amadeu Vives Amadeu Vives i Roig (; 18 November 1871 – 2 December 1932) was a Spanish musical composer, creator of over a hundred stage works. He is best known for ''Doña Francisquita ''Doña Francisquita'' is a zarzuela in three acts composed by Ama ...

, libretto Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw * "Bella enamorada" from ''

El último romántico EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

'' (1928)

Reveriano Soutullo Reveriano Soutullo Otero (11 July 1880 in Ponteareas, Galicia – 29 October 1932 in Vigo) was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas and pasodobles. He collaborated with Juan Vert Juan Bautista Vert Carbonell (1890, in Carcaixent – 1931, in M ...

Juan Vert Juan Bautista Vert Carbonell (1890, in Carcaixent – 1931, in Madrid) was a Valencian composer of Spanish zarzuelas. He worked in collaboration with Reveriano Soutullo.Historia de la Música Española: Siglo XX -1993 p95 "Reveriano Soutullo (18 ...

, libretto José Tellaeche * "Raquel" from '' El huésped del Sevillano'' (1926) Jacinto Guerrero lyrics Enrique Reoyo, Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena * "De este apacible rincón de Madrid" from '' Luisa Fernanda'' (1932) Federico Moreno Torroba, lyrics Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw * "Pajarin, tú que vuelas" from ''La pícara molinera'' (1928)

Pablo Luna Pablo Luna Carné (May 21, 1879 Alhama de Aragón – January 28, 1942 Madrid) was a Spanish composer.Vincent J. Cincotta Zarzuela, the Spanish lyric theatre: a complete reference 2003 "Along with Amadeo Vives, Jose Serrano, Francisco Alonso and ...

, lyrics Pilar Monterde, Eulalia Fernández Galván, Ángel Torres del Álamo, Antonio Asenjo Pérez * "Canción guajira" from '' La alegría del batallón'' (1909) José Serrano Carlos Arniches, Félix Quintana * "La roca fría del Calvario" from ''

La dolorosa ''La Dolorosa'' (The Holy Virgin of the Sorrows) is a '' zarzuela'' by the Spanish composer José Serrano. ''La Dolorosa'' was premiered at the Teatro Apolo in Valencia on 23 May 1930 with a text by J.J.Lorente. Before this, Serrano suffered the ...

'' (1930) José Serrano Juan José Lorente * "Madrileña bonita" from ''La del manojo de rosas'' (1934)

Pablo Sorozábal Pablo Sorozábal Mariezcurrena (18 September 1897 – 26 December 1988) was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas, operas, symphonic works, and the popular ''romanza'', " No puede ser". He was born in San Sebastián, in a working-class family. ...

Anselmo Cuadrado Carreño, Francisco Ramos de Castro * " No puede ser" from ''

La tabernera del puerto ''La tabernera del puerto'' (also known as ''Romance Marinero'') is a zarzuela in three acts by composer Pablo Sorozábal. The opera uses a Spanish-language libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Guillermo Fernández-Shaw It ...

'' (1936)

Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández Shaw * "Ya mis horas felices" from ''La del soto del Parral'' (1927)

Luis Fernández de Sevilla, Anselmo Cuadrado Carreño * "Suena guitarrico mío" - Jota de Perico from ''El guitarrico'' (1900) Agustín Pérez Soriano Manuel Fernández de la Puente, Luis Pascual Frutos * "Mi aldea" from ''Los gavilanes'' (1923)

Jacinto Guerrero Jacinto Guerrero (16 August 1895 Ajofrín, Province of Toledo, Toledo, Spain – 15 September 1951 Madrid, Spain), was a prolific composer of zarzuelas and revues, as well as some orchestral compositions. Guerrero was educated at the Colegio de N ...

José Ramos Martín * Jota - "Te quiero, morena" from ''El trust de los tenorios'' (1910) José Serrano Carlos Arniches, Enrique García Álvarez * "

Amor, vida de mi vida ''Amor, vida de mi vida'' (Love, life of my life) is an aria for baritone from the zarzuela ''Maravilla'' composed by Federico Moreno Torroba to a libretto by Antonio Quintero and Jesús María de Arozamena.Federico Moreno Torroba Antonio Quintero, Jesús María Arozamena * "Un gitano sin su honor" from ''Luna'' (1998) José María Cano music and lyrics

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