Virginia (Montero)
Encyclopedia
Virginia is an opera
in four acts with music by Venezuela
n composer
José Ángel Montero
and libretto, in Italian, by Domenico Bancalari. It is believed to be the first opera ever composed in Venezuela
, and was first performed in the Teatro Caracas on April 26, 1873. The plot of the opera deals with despotic power and social injustice.
In 1969 the opera was revived in the Teatro Municipal de Caracas with the soprano Fedora Alemán in the title role. Later it was recorded, and revived again in July 2003, in a setting by the Compañía Nacional de Ópera Alfredo Sadel and the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
, with Elizabeth Almenar, Cayito Aponte and Amelia Salazar in the principal roles.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
in four acts with music by Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
José Ángel Montero
José Ángel Montero
José Ángel Montero was a Venezuelan opera composer, a contemporary of the Brazilian Carlos Gomes...
and libretto, in Italian, by Domenico Bancalari. It is believed to be the first opera ever composed in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, and was first performed in the Teatro Caracas on April 26, 1873. The plot of the opera deals with despotic power and social injustice.
In 1969 the opera was revived in the Teatro Municipal de Caracas with the soprano Fedora Alemán in the title role. Later it was recorded, and revived again in July 2003, in a setting by the Compañía Nacional de Ópera Alfredo Sadel and the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex , also known as Teresa Carreño Theater , is the most important theatre of Caracas and Venezuela, where performances include symphonic and popular concerts, opera, ballet and plays...
, with Elizabeth Almenar, Cayito Aponte and Amelia Salazar in the principal roles.
Original recording 1969
- Virginia: Fedora Alemán
- Claudio: Ramón Iriarte
- Icilio: Blas Martínez
- Marcos: Alfredo Izquierdo
- Virginio: Danilo Van der Hahn
- Emilia: Yolanda Correa
- Chorus of the Escuela Nacional de Ópera
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela
- Conductor: Primo Casale
- Fundación Vicente Emilio Sojo, Número de catálogo: CD20101 // CD20102
Sources
- José Ángel Montero y su ópera Virginia (José Ángel Montero and his opera Virginia) (in Spanish), Felipe Sangiorgi. Analysis, synopsis and libretto.
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_(%C3%B3pera)