La vida breve

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La vida breve

Synopsis

A national monument in Spain, Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve is perhaps the greatest opera ever written in the Spanish language. A kind of “tragic zarzuela”, it unites verismo atmosphere, Andalusian local colour and a score shimmering with reminiscences of French Impressionism. Written in 1905, La vida breve is the story of a poor gypsy and her lover, who is engaged to wed a wealthy girl. “Simply a stroke of genius”, wrote Spain’s Opera Viva about Giancarlo del Monaco’s austere, minimalist staging at Valencia’s Palaude les Arts Reina Sofía. Maestro Lorin Maazel, whom El País hailed as the “triunfador” of the evening, leads an exquisite array of soloists headed by Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Jorge de León and María Luisa Corbacho.

Additional Info

• No: 710804
• Composer: Manuel de Falla
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Orchestra: Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
• Artists: De Léon, Gallardo-Domas, Fernández, Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
• Production year: 2012-05
• Run time: 01:22:00

Disc Infos

• Subtitles: E, G, F, Sp
• Booklet: E, G, F
• No. of Discs: 1
• Run time: 82 minutes
• Disc Format: Blu-ray 50
• Picture: NTSC 4:3 HD
• Audio: PCM Stereo
• Bonus Material: 0
• Subtitles Bonus: 0
• Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
• Price Code: CME25
• Item No.: 710804
• UPC No.: 814337011086
• Release Date: May 2012

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