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Doña Francisquita is the best known of the Zarzuelas - the Spanish opera comique - by the Catalan composer Amadeu Vives.

Francisquita falls in love with the student Fernando. But Fernando himself is in love with the beautiful actress Aurora who is the lover of Lorenz Perez. This great confusion only ends when Fernando realises that his own father, Don Mathias, wants to marry Francisquita, and starts to fight for his newly awakened love for Francisquita.

The libretto was written in Spanish by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández Shaw, based on Lope de Vega's comedy La discreta enamorada. The first performance, at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid in 1923, was a tremendous success and the audience called for many pieces had to be repeated. The Barcelona premiere took place the same year at the Teatre Tívoli and aroused equal enthusiasm. Doña Francisquita was widely performed in Latin America, and the French and English versions have been staged all over Europe.

Stage Director: Luis Olmos
Musical Director: Miguel Ortega Pujol
Set Design: Jon Berrondo
Costume design: Mª Luisa Engel
Light Design:Juan Gómez Cornejo
Production: Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)

Cast in July 2010:

Francisquita: Mariola Cantarero

Aurora la Beltrana: Milagros Martín

Fernando: Josep Bros (23, 25, 28, 30),  Alex Vicens (24, 29) and Carlos Cosías (27)

Doña Francisca: Amelia Font

In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8.  A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.

Last update 2012 Editorial Team Classictic.com