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La Serenata
''La serenata'' (''The Serenade'') is a one-act opera by Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by . It was first performed on 5 November 1881 at the Teatro Apolo (Madrid), Teatro Apolo in Madrid. Background and performance history The libretto for ''La serenata'' was written in verse by José Estremera, a constant collaborator of Chapí, with whom he successfully staged the ' the previous year (1880). The story is based on a play by Eugène Scribe, ''La Xacarilla'' (1839). The opera is a result of a new attempt to create a full-composed national opera in Spain, to end the prevalence of zarzuela present at that moment. It is composed in a Gioachino Rossini, Rossinian style, reminding also of works by Giovanni Paisiello, Paisiello and Domenico Cimarosa, Cimarosa. The genre of the composition presented a difficulty. Chapí himself acknowledged its modest character. He explained the problem thus. ''La serenata'' doesn't contain mighty passions, as was usual for a serious opera. It also coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruperto Chapí
Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 – 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers. Biography Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a local barber. At just nine years old, he joined the Música Nueva band (current Villena Municipal Band) where he would soon become a virtuoso and of which he would end up being director at only 15 years old. He would gain some fame as an interpreter in the surroundings of the Moors and Christians Festival of Villena, also being highly sought after in those of other nearby towns. In the Valencian-speaking towns, to the north and northeast of Villena, he was popularly known as "el xiquet de Villena" and they continually disputed hiring him, given his brilliance. He keep training in his home town and in Madrid when he was 16 years old. He wrote many symphonic, band, choral and chamber works, as well as ''zarzuelas'' and operas, becoming, alongsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
