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Article: Que pasa? La Zarzuela! (Spanish mix of operetta and folk opera) (Arts and Books)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 26, 1989
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?Que pasa? La Zarzuela!
NEW YORK
WITH the social and economic loosening up of Spain since the end of the Franco regime, not everything developed or exported in this new era of cultural freedom has been as flashily modernist as the films of Pedro Almodovar. Recently, large numbers of non-Iberians have been introduced to the vibrant charms of zarzuela, the Spanish mix of operetta and folk opera that has existed for more than 300 years, but exclusively in Spanish-speaking lands. After a Paris engagement, this year's Edinburgh festival is spotlighting a production of "La Chulapona", a 1934 work in a revival by Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela. It is the first ...