Album Summary
Performers
Jorge Leon
Cristina Gallardo-Domas
Esperanza Fernandez (flamenco singer)
Luisa Corbacho
Felipe Bou
Juan Pastor (Flamenco Guitar)
Notes & Reviews:
Presented here for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Manuel de Falla's "La vida breve" is arguably the greatest opera in the entire Spanish repertoire, a tragic Zarzuela, a mix of Verismo, local Andalusian color and French Impressionism. Staged by the brilliant Giancarlo del Monaco (Metropolitan Opera, La Scala) with legendary music director Lorin Maazel and a cast of Zarzuela specialists of the highest order, this performance from Valencia was hailed triumphant. "Simply a stroke of genius," wrote Spain's Opera Viva about del Monaco's austere, minimalist staging at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia. Maestro Maazel, whom El Pais hailed as the "triunfador" of the evening, led an exquisite array of soloists headed by Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Jorge de Leon and Maria Luisa Corbacho.
Notes & Reviews:Run Time: 82 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: ES,EN,DE,FR
Country of Origin: Austria
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Works Details
Falla, Manuel de : La vida breve - Performers: Jorge Leon; Cristina Gallardo-Domas; Esperanza Fernandez (flamenco singer); Luisa Corbacho; Felipe Bou; Juan Pastor (Flamenco Guitar)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta




























