Maria Bayo: Viva La Zarzuela!

Maria Bayo (Performer), Placido Domingo (Performer), Alfredo Kraus (Performer), Juan Pons (Performer), Veronica Villarroel (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Maria Bayo, Placido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus, Juan Pons, Veronica Villarroel
• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Auvidis / Naive
• ASIN: B00004SCUT
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,909 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts: Fandango

2. Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts: Romanza: Por el humo se sabe

3. Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts: Canción del fuiseñor

4. Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts: Coro de Románticos

5. La Tabernera del Puerto, zarzuela: Romanza de Leandro

6. Bohemios, zarzuela: Intermedio

7. Bohemios, zarzuela: Coro de Bohemios

8. La Verbena de la Paloma, zarzuela: Coplas de Don Hilarión

9. La Verbena de la Paloma, zarzuela: Habanera concertante

10. El Barberillo de lavapiés, zarzuela: Jota de los etudiantes

11. El Barberillo de lavapiés, zarzuela: Entrada de Paloma

12. El Barberillo de lavapiés, zarzuela: Seguidillas manchegas

13. Luisa Fernanda, zarzuela: Vidal y Coro de Vareeadores

14. Luisa Fernanda, zarzuela: Duo de Carolina y Javier

15. Luisa Fernanda, zarzuela: Romanza de Javier

16. Luisa Fernanda, zarzuela: Duo de Luisa Fernanda y Javier

17. Luisa Fernanda, zarzuela: Mazurca de las Sombrillas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zarzuela (bel canto in Spanish), January 19, 2001

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Roberto Gonzalez "Robriv" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maria Bayo: Viva La Zarzuela! (Audio CD)

This recording is one of the most beautiful ones I have ever heard. On most recordings that contain arias by different singers, you can hear great voices, average, and not so good ones. It is amazing that all the singers on this recording are excellent. This is the first time that I listen to Ms. Bayo's voice and it is so refreshing. Placido Domingo sounds so great singing "Leandro's romanza". The zarzuela is considered bel canto because of the style and vocal exigencies that wonderful music has. Like opera, the stories can be very dramatic, fun and mysterious. Montserrat Caballe, Carreras, Domingo and many other famous singers have done many recordings on it. Viva la zarzuela!!!

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Zarzuela Sampler, April 25, 2000

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Edward L. Killham (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maria Bayo: Viva La Zarzuela! (Audio CD)

Viva La Zarzzuela Indeed! Zarzuela is to Madrid as Operetta is to Vienna, but this much admired art form has captivated audiences around the world, especially in Spanish-speaking countries. For this CD, Maria Bayo and a spirited group of other musicians, including famed tenor Placido Domingo, have joined together in a sampling of Zarzuela's very varied repertoire. Individual tracks range from sparkling Fandangos and Mazurkas to rhapsodic Romanzas and an entergetic Habanera. Bayo's lyric presentation of the "Song of the Nightingale (Cancion del Ruisenor)" is particularly affecting but Domingo contributes mightily to the CD's overall impact, most notably in the "Romanza de Leandro". Composers represented include such distinuished artists as Vives, Sorozabal, Breton, Barbieri, and Torroba.