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Juan José en la Zarzuela: mi vida era esta y la he matado

By Mario Muñoz, 08 February 2016
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“la dirección de Gómez procuró sumar empuje al sentido lírico del canto, los resultados fueron buenos”
Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 5 February 2016
Programme
Sorozábal, Juan José (Estreno absoluto de la versión escénica)
Performers
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Conductor
José Carlos Plaza, Director
Pedro Moreno, Costume Designer
Milagros Martín, Isidra
Carmen Solís, Rosa
Silvia Vázquez, Toñuela
Ángel Ódena, Juan José
Rubén Amoretti, Andrés
Ivo Stanchev, Cano
Antonio Gandía, Paco
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
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Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz Carrasco (Madrid, 1976) es compositor y crítico musical. Cursa estudios de Guitarra Clásica en la Escuela de Música Creativa para especializarse más adelante en Composición e Improvisación Jazz en la Escuela de Nuevas Músicas. Desde el 2007 ejerce como crítico musical en distintos medios, tanto en radio como en prensa escrita, a la par que participa en actividades musicales de diversa índole (ponencias, congresos, confección de temarios, notas a programas, cursos de apreciación musical, etcétera). Desde su creación en 2011 cursa el Grado en Musicología de la UCM, formando parte de su primera promoción.