Falla: La Vida Breve / Maazel
) | Label: CME Catalog: 710708 Format: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Salud), Jorge de León Paco (Paco), María Luisa Corbacho (Grandmother), Sandra Ferrández (Carmela), Felipe Bou (Uncle Sarvaor), Isaac Galan (Manuel), Juan Carlos Gómez Pastor (Guitarrista), Antonio Lozano (Forge's Voice) Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana & Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Lorin MaazelPalau de les Arts Reine Sofia, Valencia, 2011 Staged by Giancarlo del Monaco Released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray! A national monument in Spain, Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve is perhaps the greatest opera ever written in the Spanish language. A kind of ‘tragic zarzuela’, it unites verismo atmosphere, Andalusian local colour and a score shimmering with reminiscences of French Impressionism. La vida breve is the story of a poor gypsy and her lover, who is engaged to wed a wealthy girl. “Simply a stroke of genius” wrote Spain’s Opera Viva about Guancarlo del Monaco’s austere, minimalist staging at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reine Sofia. Giancarlo del Monaco has worked with most important opera houses and festivals (MET, La Scala, Bregenz etc.) Running Time Total: 82 minutes DVD: DTS 5.0, PCM Stereo Subtitles English, German, French, Spanish  Price: $45.98 |