La vida breve: Seville Opera House
About the Event
Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture of Seville's breathtaking Teatro de la Maestranza for the ultimate concert set to awake your understanding of opera.
At first glance, it looks like a string of Spanish customs, stereotypes and clichés, strung together with gypsies, blacksmiths, pocket knives, jealousy and death. But the story of this rural drama by Carlos Fernández Shaw, which Manuel de Falla premiered in Nice in 1913, gives rise to an opera that is not only dramatically intense, especially because of its striking brevity, but also musically intoxicating.
Cast / Production
Musical director: Lucas Macías
Stage direction and scenography: Giancarlo del Monaco
Lighting design: Luis Perdiguero
Costume design: Jesús Ruiz
Production: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Valencia)
Salud: Ainhoa Arteta
Grandmother: María Luisa Corbacho
Carmela: Helena Ressurreição
Paco: Alejandro Roy
Uncle Sarvaor: Rubén Amoretti
Manuel: Gerardo Bullón
Voice of the forge / Seller / Distant voice: Gustavo Peña
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Coro Teatro de la Maestranza
