Maurice Ravel: L'heure espagnole
About the Event
Hear Ravel's one‐act opera at the Shanghai Symphony Hall conducted by Zhang Jiemin.
Ravel called his own work an opéra‐bouffe. For the score he used Spanish elements like jotas and habaneras which makes it one of several compositions in which Ravel was influenced by the Spanish tradition. It was first staged in a double‐bill with Massenet's Thérèse in 1911.
In keeping with the Spanish tradition, the evening will open with Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole.
Cast / Production
Conductor: Zhang Jiemin
Director: Li Wei
Gonzalve: Frédéric Antoun
Concepcíon: Zhu Huiling
Ramiro: Bruno Taddia
Don Iñigo Gomez: Daniel Golossov
Torquemada: Liu Naigi
