List of Mexican operas

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The Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City where several operas by Mexican composers had their world premieres.

This is a list of operas by

Julio Estrada's Murmullos del páramo
(Spain, 2006).

Cenobio Paniagua, the composer of the first Mexican opera seria.

Mexico boasts several professional opera companies, including the National Opera Company (Compañía Nacional de Ópera) and the Opera de Bellas Artes, both based in Mexico City. The International Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato, for example, features opera performances alongside theater, dance, and music. In addition to the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico is home to other notable opera houses, such as the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara and the Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris in Mexico City.

Ángela Peralta, known in Europe as "The Mexican Nightingale", who sang in the premieres of operas by Paniagua, Morales, and Ortega del Villar.

Many of the operas listed have

Ricardo Castro Herrera's La légende de Rudel had French librettos,[2] while Catalina de Guisa by Cenobio Paniagua and several other notable operas of this period had Italian librettos.[3] Although the vast majority of later Mexican operas have Spanish librettos, there have been 20th century works set to English texts, most notably The visitors by Carlos Chávez with a libretto by the American poet Chester Kallman
.

Opera was brought to Mexico during the colonial era by Spanish missionaries and settlers. The first documented opera performance in Mexico took place in 1701 in Mexico City. The first opera by a Mexican-born composer was

Viceroy's Palace in Mexico City.[4] However, the first Mexican composer to have his operas publicly staged was Manuel Arenzana, the maestro de capilla at Puebla Cathedral from 1792 to 1821.[5] He is known to have written at least two works performed during the 1805/1806 season at the Teatro Coliseo in Mexico City – El extrangero and Los dos ribales en amore. Both were short comic pieces.[6] The first Mexican opera seria
was Paniagua's Catalina de Guisa (composed in 1845 and premiered in 1859).

With its story about the

Aztec ruler, Cuauhtémoc. Later works such as Miguel Bernal Jiménez's 1941 Tata Vasco (based on the life of Vasco de Quiroga, the first bishop of Michoacán) incorporated native melodies into the score.[7]

List

See also: Gran Teatro Nacional (Mexico) and Category:Opera houses in Mexico
Guanajuato, where the final version Chávez's The visitors
premiered in 1999.

18th century

19th century

Jose Mojica signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg
while performing in Cincinnati, Ohio 1925.
  • El extrangero by Manuel Arenzana – premiered 1805/1806 season, Teatro Coliseo, Mexico City (music and libretto lost)[6]
  • Los dos ribales en amore by Manuel Arenzana – premiered 1805/1806 season, Teatro Coliseo, Mexico City (music and libretto lost)[6]
  • Leonor by Luis Baca (1826–1855) – never staged[9]
  • Giovanna di Castiglia by Luis Baca – never staged[9]
  • Catalina de Guisa by Cenobio Paniagua (1821–1882) – premiered 1859, Gran Teatro Nacional, Mexico City[10]
  • Pietro d’Abano by Cenobio Paniagua – premiered 1863, Gran Teatro Nacional, Mexico City[10]
  • Ildegonda by Melesio Morales – premiered 1868, Teatro Pagliano, Florence[11]
  • Aniceto Ortega del Villar (1823–1875) – premiered 1871, Gran Teatro Nacional, Mexico City[12]
  • Juno by Rafael J. Tello (1872–1947) – premiered 1896, Mexico City

20th century

A statue in Mexico City to Plácido Domingo as a recognition to his contributions to 1985 Mexico City earthquake victims and his artistic works.
Fernando de la Mora

21st century

Rolando Villazón in the L'elisir d'amore in Vienna 2007.
  • Serafina y Arcángela by José Enrique González Medina – premiered 2001, State Playhouse, Cal State LA (USA)
  • TRILOGY Mis Dos Cabezas Piensan Peor Que Una (My Two Heads Thinks Worse Than One) by Juan Trigos – premiered 2005, Lisinski Hall, Zagreb (Croatia)[37]
  • Briago crucificado
  • Historia de cabeza
  • Ni una gota de conciencia

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ The list also includes the operatic subgenre of zarzuela, but rock operas
  2. ^ The French libretto of La légende de Rudel was translated into Italian for its first performance
  3. ISBN 1-85566-134-9
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  5. ISBN 978-0-313-28208-9. Archived
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  9. ^ a b Stevenson, Robert Murrell, Music in Mexico: A Historical Survey Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Crowell, 1952, p. 195
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  17. ^ Conservatorio Superior de Música de Badajo, Programme Notes: Concierto de piano: Música mexicana Archived 8 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 8 May 2009, p. 18 (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  18. ^ Vela, Sergio, The Visitors: ópera de Carlos Chávez, paradigma de la modernidad mexicana Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Perspectiva interdisciplinaria de música, Vol. I, N. 1, September 2006, pp. 66 – 72 (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  19. ISBN 968-29-2224-0
  20. ^ Central Opera Service, Central Opera Service Bulletin: Directory of Contemporary Operas Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. 30, Nos. 2–4, 1990 p. 163 (accessed 25 March 2010)
  21. ^ operacalli.com, Leoncio y Lena[permanent dead link] (sourced from José Octavio Sosa, Diccionario de la Ópera Mexicana, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2005)(in Spanish, accessed 26 March 2010)
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  23. ISBN 968-29-6163-7
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  24. ^ Aguilar, Ananay, "La circularidad en Aura, la ópera de Mario Lavista" Archived 24 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Cuadernos de música, artes visuales y artes escénicas, Vol.1, No.2, December 2006 (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  25. ^ "Federico Ibarra Groth - el pequeño príncipe -". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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  27. ^ Turegano, Preston,"Cultivating Opera: New work came to company's attention at just the right time"[permanent dead link], San Diego Union – Tribune, 28 February 1994 (accessed 25 March 2010, subscription required)
  28. ^ operacalli.com, La sunamita[permanent dead link] (sourced from José Octavio Sosa, Diccionario de la Ópera Mexicana, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2005) (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  29. ^ operacalli.com, Madre Juana (sourced from José Octavio Sosa, Diccionario de la Ópera Mexicana, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2005) (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  30. ^ Works: Hilda Paredes Archived 18 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, official web site of the composer (accessed 26 March 2010)
  31. ^ "Federico Ibarra Groth - Despertar al sueño -". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  32. ISBN 968-23-2388-6
  33. ^ Vanguardia, "Ópera mexicana vuelve a Bellas artes", 7 July 2009 (in Spanish, accessed 26 March 2010)
  34. New York Times
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  35. ^ operacalli.com, La tentación de San Antonio (sourced from José Octavio Sosa, Diccionario de la Ópera Mexicana, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2005) (in Spanish, accessed 26 March 2010)
  36. ^ Historial de la Ópera de Hemoficción “De Cachetito Raspado” Archived 7 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, official web site of the composer (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)
  37. ^ ""Videos"". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
  38. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, "Murmullos del páramo, ópera de Julio Estrada" Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  39. ^ Notimex, Estrenará Federico Ibarra su octava ópera "El juego de los insectos" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 6 July 2009 (in Spanish, accessed 25 March 2010)

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