La Dolores

La Dolores is an opera by Tomás Bretón.

La Dolores was first performed at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid on 16 March 1895[1] and was an immediate success. The libretto by the composer was based on a 1892 play by his friend, Josep Feliu i Codina.

It had 53 consecutive performances in Madrid and another 103 in Barcelona.[2] The title character Dolores is a maid at an inn in Calatayud.[3]

Antoni Ros-Marbà's recording of Plácido Domingo in La Dolores for Decca won the Grammy Latino in September 2000.[4]

References

  1. La Dolores de Calatayud (Spanish)
  2. Susana Salgado The Teatro Solís p. 83
  3. Mason, Henry Lowell (1864–1957) (1912). Opera Stories (5th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts. p. 92. La Dolores – Act I: Dolores is attendant of Gaspara, Innkeeper at the Spanish town, Catalayud [sic]. Celemino tells the rich Patrizio to forswear Dolores saying she loves Melchior a barber. Soldiers enter. Sergeant Rojas is smitten with Dolores.
  4. Past winners search, Latin Grammy History

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