EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIÉS

Teatro de la Zarzuela newsletter

March 2019

One of the most entertaining and cheerful works in the lyric repertoire is back at the House of the Zarzuela. El barberillo de Lavapiés has kept its place on our stages right up until now as an emblem of Spanish lyric works. In fact professor of musicology Emilio Casares reminds us that “to speak of El barberillo is to speak of the acme of our musical history, the paradigm of what has been considered to be Hispanic lyric theatre and madrileñismo”, of “Madridness”.
The authors mix a popular plot, dealing with Lamparilla and Paloma’s love affair, with the sentimental dalliances of two aristocrats, the little Marchioness Estrella and Don Luis; and all of this with a political backdrop: the forced transition of government from Grimaldi to Floridablanca. This thematic model had already been used by Barbieri in Jugar con fuego, Los diamantes de la corona and Pan y toros, but with Larra’s text —written in verse— it fills up with adventures, intrigues, politics, love and humour, and it works so well that it could have been written in the present day.

	EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIÉS From March 28 till April 14, 2019.
	Ambigú notes - TRÍO ARBÓS (Musical chamber theater) Monday, April 1, 2019.
	Concert - VIVICA GENAUX "Memoria de Farinelli" Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
	Lied Cycle - Recital of ANDRÉ SCHUEN Monday, April 22, 2019.

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