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Doña Francisquita

April 07, 2024

For the 1953 Spanish film, see Doña Francisquita (film).

Doña Francisquita is a zarzuela in three acts composed by Amadeo Vives to a Spanish libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw and based on Lope de Vega's play La discreta enamorada [es] (The Ingenious Lover). With its colourful score and comic story of multiple love triangles which ends happily for the young lovers, Francisquita and Fernando, Doña Francisquita is considered a classic of the zarzuela genre, and Vives' masterpiece.[1]

Doña Francisquita
Zarzuela by Amadeo Vives
Poster
Librettist
LanguageSpanish
Based onLope de Vega's La discreta enamorada [es]
Premiere
17 October 1923 (1923-10-17)
Teatro Apolo, Madrid

Performance history edit

Doña Francisquita premiered at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid on 17 October 1923. It became very popular, receiving over 5000 performances throughout the Spanish-speaking world in the years immediately following its premiere.[2] The work is still regularly performed in Spain and Latin America, but like most works in this genre, has only rarely been seen elsewhere. It was, however, performed in French translation at Monte Carlo, Brussels and Vichy in 1934 and received a major production at Washington National Opera in 1998.

There have been several film adaptations of Doña Francisquita, the most recent of which was directed by Ladislao Vajda and shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 with Mirtha Legrand and Armando Calvo in the leading roles.[3] The act 1 soprano aria "Canción del ruiseñor" ("The Song of the Nightingale") and the act 2 tenor aria "Por el humo se sabe donde está el fuego" ("We know where the fire is by the smoke") have been individually recorded or sung in recitals by many opera singers from Spanish-speaking countries.

Roles edit

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 17 October 1923[4]
Francisquita soprano Mari Isaura
Fernando Soler tenor Juan de Casenave
Aurora la Beltrana, an actress mezzo-soprano Cora Raga
Doña Francisca, Francisquita's mother contralto Felisa Lázaro
Don Mathias, Fernando's father bass Ricardo Güell
Cardona, Fernando's friend tenor Antonio Palacio
Lorenzo Pérez, Aurora's lover baritone Juan Frontera

Synopsis edit

Time: 19th century
Place: Madrid during the Carnival season.

Francisquita is in love with student and would-be poet, Fernando. He, however, is infatuated with the fiery actress Aurora la Beltrana, who in turn is the lover of Lorenzo Pérez. When Francisquita tries to flirt with Fernando, he ignores her. His friend Cardona takes him to task and suggests that he would be happier with her than Aurora. Francisquita is then wooed by the Don Mathias, Fernando's father, in the presence of Doña Francisca, Francisquita's mother. At first, Doña Francisca mistakenly believes that she is the object of Don Mathias' affections. Francisquita pretends to accept the elderly man's advances, hoping to make Fernando jealous.

At the urging of Cardona, Fernando also makes advances to Francisquita hoping to make Aurora jealous. Fernando's passion for Francisquita starts to grow. He is horrified that she might marry his father and become Doña Francisquita. He tells Aurora that she no longer has any power over him, which at last piques her interest in him. But it is too late, he is now completely in love with Francisquita. All is resolved after a series of misunderstandings and machinations involving Cardona disguising himself as a woman; Aurora's lover, Lorenzo Perez, challenging Fernando to a duel; and rumours that Fernando plans to marry Francisquita's mother to the subsequent horror of Don Mathias. Don Mathias eventually realizes he is too old for Francisquita and gives his blessing to the young couple. In the finale all celebrate the forthcoming wedding of Francisquita and Fernando by singing "Canción de la Juventud" ("Song of Youth"), a hymn to the youthful spirit of Madrid.

Recordings edit

References edit

Notes

  1. ^ Sadie 1992, p. 34
  2. ^ Brown 2008
  3. ^ Cannes Film Festival Archives. August 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Doña Francisquita, 17 October 1923". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

Sources

  • Brown, Keith, Sunday Afternoon at the Opera 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, WWUH Radio, July–August 2008
  • Sadie, Stanley and Bashford, Christina (eds) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Macmillan, 1992. ISBN 0-935859-92-6

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External links edit

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For the 1953 Spanish film see Dona Francisquita film Dona Francisquita is a zarzuela in three acts composed by Amadeo Vives to a Spanish libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernandez Shaw and based on Lope de Vega s play La discreta enamorada es The Ingenious Lover With its colourful score and comic story of multiple love triangles which ends happily for the young lovers Francisquita and Fernando Dona Francisquita is considered a classic of the zarzuela genre and Vives masterpiece 1 Dona FrancisquitaZarzuela by Amadeo VivesPosterLibrettistFederico Romero Guillermo Fernandez ShawLanguageSpanishBased onLope de Vega s La discreta enamorada es Premiere17 October 1923 1923 10 17 Teatro Apolo Madrid Contents 1 Performance history 2 Roles 3 Synopsis 4 Recordings 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksPerformance history editDona Francisquita premiered at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid on 17 October 1923 It became very popular receiving over 5000 performances throughout the Spanish speaking world in the years immediately following its premiere 2 The work is still regularly performed in Spain and Latin America but like most works in this genre has only rarely been seen elsewhere It was however performed in French translation at Monte Carlo Brussels and Vichy in 1934 and received a major production at Washington National Opera in 1998 There have been several film adaptations of Dona Francisquita the most recent of which was directed by Ladislao Vajda and shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 with Mirtha Legrand and Armando Calvo in the leading roles 3 The act 1 soprano aria Cancion del ruisenor The Song of the Nightingale and the act 2 tenor aria Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego We know where the fire is by the smoke have been individually recorded or sung in recitals by many opera singers from Spanish speaking countries Roles editRoles voice types premiere cast Role Voice type Premiere cast 17 October 1923 4 Francisquita soprano Mari IsauraFernando Soler tenor Juan de CasenaveAurora la Beltrana an actress mezzo soprano Cora RagaDona Francisca Francisquita s mother contralto Felisa LazaroDon Mathias Fernando s father bass Ricardo GuellCardona Fernando s friend tenor Antonio PalacioLorenzo Perez Aurora s lover baritone Juan FronteraSynopsis editTime 19th century Place Madrid during the Carnival season Francisquita is in love with student and would be poet Fernando He however is infatuated with the fiery actress Aurora la Beltrana who in turn is the lover of Lorenzo Perez When Francisquita tries to flirt with Fernando he ignores her His friend Cardona takes him to task and suggests that he would be happier with her than Aurora Francisquita is then wooed by the Don Mathias Fernando s father in the presence of Dona Francisca Francisquita s mother At first Dona Francisca mistakenly believes that she is the object of Don Mathias affections Francisquita pretends to accept the elderly man s advances hoping to make Fernando jealous At the urging of Cardona Fernando also makes advances to Francisquita hoping to make Aurora jealous Fernando s passion for Francisquita starts to grow He is horrified that she might marry his father and become Dona Francisquita He tells Aurora that she no longer has any power over him which at last piques her interest in him But it is too late he is now completely in love with Francisquita All is resolved after a series of misunderstandings and machinations involving Cardona disguising himself as a woman Aurora s lover Lorenzo Perez challenging Fernando to a duel and rumours that Fernando plans to marry Francisquita s mother to the subsequent horror of Don Mathias Don Mathias eventually realizes he is too old for Francisquita and gives his blessing to the young couple In the finale all celebrate the forthcoming wedding of Francisquita and Fernando by singing Cancion de la Juventud Song of Youth a hymn to the youthful spirit of Madrid Recordings editMaria Bayo Francisquita Alfredo Kraus Fernando Raquel Pierotti Aurora Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife Antoni Ros Marba conductor Label Naive Classique Maria Rosa del Campo Francisquita Jaime Aragall Fernando Norma Lerer Aurora Orquesta Filarmonia de Espana Lamberto Gardelli conductor Label Alhambra Columbia MCE 846 7 SCE 946 7 Ainhoa Arteta Francisquita Placido Domingo Fernando Linda Mirabal Aurora Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla Miguel Roa conductor Label Sony Classical References editNotes Sadie 1992 p 34 Brown 2008 Cannes Film Festival Archives Archived August 22 2011 at the Wayback Machine Casaglia Gherardo 2005 Dona Francisquita 17 October 1923 L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Sources Brown Keith Sunday Afternoon at the Opera Archived 2008 11 20 at the Wayback Machine WWUH Radio July August 2008 Sadie Stanley and Bashford Christina eds The New Grove Dictionary of Opera Macmillan 1992 ISBN 0 935859 92 6Further reading editZinger Pablo An Operatic Armada Sweeps Ashore The New York Times August 11 1996 External links edit nbsp Media related to Dona Francisquita at Wikimedia Commons Christopher Webber Detailed synopsis and analysis of Dona Francisquita on Zarzuela net Dona Francisquita Vives audio files of piano accompaniment for two arias at the International Music Score Library ProjectPortal nbsp Opera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dona Francisquita amp oldid 1206733245, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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