Zarzuela
Subtitle: Spanish Operetta, American Stage (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: September 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780252025969
Subjects: Opera; Operetta; Music/Songbooks; Music; Genres & Styles - Opera; Music / General; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Genres & Styles - International; Zarzuela
First sentence: Madison Square Garden bears little resemblance to the first Teatro de la Zarzuela, the palace theater located on the wooded grounds on the outskirts of Madrid where, legend claims, the Spanish monarchs Prince Philip IV and Mariana of Austria attended the premiere of El Laurel de Apolo (The Wreath of Apollo) in 1657.
Description: "Once the most popular form of Spanish entertainment short of the bullfight, the zarzuela boasts a long history of bridging the categories of classical and popular art. It is neither opera nor serious drama, yet it requires both trained singers and good actors. The content is neither purely folkloric nor high art; it is too popular for some and too classical for others. In Zarzuela, Janet L.

Sturman assesses the political as well as the musical significance of this chameleon of music-drama."--BOOK JACKET.