I guess I missed the memo that I was supposed to wear my fur coat to the 6 pm (aka senior citizens) showing of Doña Francisquita at Teatro de la Zarzuela last night! Zarzuela is a light operetta that is typical of Spain. This particular play, which premiered at the Teatro Apolo de Madrid in 1923, was a "comedia lírica en tres actos." It told of the flirtatious relationships among multiple overlapping love triangles.
If it weren't for the English plot synopsis in the program, I would have been completely lost. Although I only grasped about 30% of the dialogue despite the subtitles (hey, opera is hard to understand in any language), I did come to appreciate the costumes, the reference to Spain'scarnevale celebration, and, most of all, the sopranos' glass-shattering pitch!
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