The Ayuntamiento de Oviedo, full of its traditional cita with zarzuela, announces the representation for this week of February 26 at the Campoamor Theater El barberillo de Lavapiésthe teacher of the work of Barbieri, who planted between the bromes and the truths a background of social and political criticism that still makes us think again and think about the three acts.
PUSH the orchestration is juicy and exciting and he seems to be gifted with great freshness in words of clear, direct tonal language and very easy melody. All moved and balanced by a wide and stimulating palette of changing rhythms.
This teacher was chosen by a great director of the German stage Christopher Loy (Essen, 1962) to make his debut as a director of our lyrical genre, because he was attracted to it years ago; up to the moment the company was founded ad hoc with the name Los paladines, with which he intends to spread some major titles beyond our borders.
The first part of a fruitful project with this name Basel Theater last September 27 Below is the musical direction by José Miguel Pérez Sierra. It is appropriate to examine the reflections offered by Loy in respect: “Before I tried to read the work with attention and found that, like any good comedy, it has a serious background that needs to be constantly explored. The genius of Larro’s book is that characters like Lamparilla and Paloma always apply themselves to difficult situations with humor.”
And I added: “In this way, a jovial level is created both in the content and in the philosophy of the work. I am attracted to Lamparilla of theatrical origin, the character harlequin. A love story is indeed a great piece of literaturecomparable to the great lovers in Shakespeare’s comedies”.
De Loy recorded some useful scenes on the stage in Madrid, especially the beautiful and poetic de Whim by Richard Strauss; or the intelligent and thoughtful one Arabella my composer. Y iconoclast from Undine by Antonín Dvořák. Our judgment was less happy Eugene Onegin de Tchaikovsky.
In case El barberillo, place the action in our days and in a very schematic and permanent decoration. There seem to be no metaphors. The only ones who are old are the soldiers. You can make a comparison with two other highly appreciated products: Calixto Bieito and Alfredo Sanzol.
Loy, if you feel attracted to zarzuela, until the moment of creating a company to distribute it outside of Spain
It features a vocal department that keeps the score very ahormada. Figure David Oller (Lamparilla), a very lyrical flexible and musical baritone, Carmen Artaza (Paloma), half beautiful and bright, Cristina Toledo (Marquesita del Bierzo), airy and versatile, Santiago Sánchez (Don Luis), a delicate and musical tenor, Alejandro Baliñas (Don Juan de Peralta), a sharp and firm bass, and Joselu López (Don Pedro), a light and flexible tenor. On the directing stage, at the head of the Oviedo Philharmonic and the Capilla Polifónica Ciudad de Oviedo Choir, will be the Asturian, the well-known and well-known musician that is Óliver Díaz.
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