Antonio Reparaz
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Antonio Reparaz was born in Cadiz (1831), and death in (1886) was a musician, composer and director spanish
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Biography

He gained renown as a result of the success of his operas, although other were well-received works. He was direcction of company first time in Santander
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. After his death, his extensive output was a generally forgotten. His career spanned the majority of the musical areas of the period of the Restoration (1875-1885) Operas Director, reputed orchestral conductor, composer of óperas, zarzuelas, symphonic and chamber music.In 1860 was a director of Theathre Zarzuela of Madrid.
After a long polemic which delayed its première, italians operas amounted to its definitive consolidation.
In Zaragoza was confirmed compositor of company of zarzuela,premiere of zarzuela El Castillo feudal.In Madrid fue maestro compositor company Teatro del Circo,and premiere Un quinto y un sustituto, Harry el Diablo,Pablo y Virginia, La niña de nieve, en colaboración
con Arrieta e Inzenga, Un trono y un desengaño.In Valencia work in ópera, in Teatro Principal, 1882-83. At the same time, he approached the art zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...

 with unequal success. His output, while less than that of his contemporaries Chapí
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, Gerónimo Giménez
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 and Manuel Fernández Caballero, is of great quality, given the variety of genres which he tackled. where he adopted more modern procedures, within the limitations of the genre. His greatest fame came from opera, especially. On the other hand, he wrote symphonic music with a singular insistence, at a time in which in Spain, orchestral ensembles barely existed. He composed and conducted numerous works, A result of this were his symphonies, revealing a strong assimilation of Verdi and Beethoven's compositional techniques. His most successful works were those with a Spanish character. During his last years he composes various symphonic poems with a clear, nostalgic character, In the chamber-music genre he has left us various works, including quartets, as well as a trio and quintet, composed from markedly classical standpoints, influenced by the French world of composers. He went Italy for study and composed Oratio in Rome as one of the works written.
He work in Theatre San Juan of Oporto, Portugal
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 in 1870s.There wrote his four operas with premieres.He was a director of Theatre Real of San Juan since 1872.He wrote songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain, A Mi Nazarena with José zorrilla and El Beso del Poeta.

Famous Works

He wrote six operas.
  • Gonzalo de Córdoba. Opera premiere in Oporto.
  • Pedro el cruel. Opera
  • Ardides y cuchilladas.
  • Pablo y Virginia Theathre Novedades, premiere in November 6, 1862.
  • El paraiso de Madrid T.Circo zarzuela in 3 acts with Mr.Rivera.
  • El magnetismo....
  • La ventá encantada in honors of Miguel de Cervantes
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    1871,Zarzuela in three acts in vers,letra Adolfo García and Becquer.
  • La cruz del valle T.Circo. premiere Octuber 22, 1860.
  • La gitanilla September 27,1861 T.Zarzuela.
  • La mina de oro T.Circo premiere November 19, 1861.
  • Harry el diablo : zarzuela in two acts y en vers, authors:Serra, Narciso and Miguel Pastorfido.Premiere in Madrid, 1862 Teatro del Circo,February 21, 1862.
  • Las bodas de camacho Octuber 9,1866 T.circo
  • Un quinto y sustituto.
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