Los rescatadores: la Zarzuela eleva "El sueño de una noche de verano"

By David Santana Cañas, 26 January 2019

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Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 25 January 2019

Gaztambide, El sueño de una noche de verano

Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Conductor

Marco Carniti, Director

Nicolás Boni, Set Designer

Jesús Ruiz, Costume Designer

Raquel Lojendio, Princesa Isabella Tortellini / Reina Isabel

Luis Cansino, Juan Sabadete / Sir John Falstaff

Beatriz Diaz, Olivia de Plantagenet

Santiago Ballerini, Guillermo del Moro / William Shakespeare

Javier Franco, Arturo Látimer

Pablo López, Tobías

Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

Coro del Teatro de La Zarzuela

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Mark Pullinger, 10th August

Rossini's 1816 farce fails to make a splash as Marco Carniti's frenetic staging returns to Pesaro.

**111

Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester

Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

Sir Thomas Allen’s Figaro for Scottish Opera still entertains

David Smythe, 9th May

A traditional Marriage of Figaro entertains with a strong cast, eye-catching design and lighting, and Amanda Holden’s earthy libretto.

****1

Sasha Cooke brings sharp intelligence to Seattle Opera’s Carmen

Thomas May, 8th May

Sasha Cooke’s thoughtful role debut anchors Paul Curran’s visually and musically alert but dramatically uneven production.

****1

Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

John Gilks, 7th May

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

***11

Rossini’s Cenerentola proves great fun in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 7th May

Neil Armfield’s production for State Opera South Australia combines a sparkling night of entertainment with first class musical values.

****1

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David Santana Cañas

David Santana (Bilbao, 1996) comienza sus estudios de música en la especialidad de fagot en el Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga de Bilbao. En 2014 se traslada a Madrid, donde cursa el grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y continúa y finaliza sus estudios musicales de fagot en el Conservatorio Adolfo Salazar de Madrid. Actualmente se encuentra ampliando su formación con la realización del Máster de Investigación de Música Española e Hispanoamericana en la UCM.

Los rescatadores: el Teatro de la Zarzuela reestrena con éxito El sueño de una noche de verano