Stanford Robinson / BBC Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Or -El barberillo de Lavapiés -Cameo Classics CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
El barberillo de Lavapi?s (Der kleine Barbier von Lavapi?s) (Singspiel in 3 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme)

01. "Vorspiel - Oh, the Pardo is the park where all Madrid enjoys its leisure (1. Akt)"

02. "I was pageboy to a bishop"

03. "Why am I called Paloma the turtle dove?"

04. "This is the right place"

05. "Lamparilla! Here I am!"

06. "Undergraduates and coaches, here we come"

Disc 02

01. "Vorspiel - A party of policemen goes the round at night (2. Akt)"

02. "Good evening, good neighbours"

03. "An old and stately mansion"

04. "Call for the barber"

05. "In the temple of Mars"

06. "Unlock the doors within there"

07. "Vorspiel - We are the dressmakers' federation (3. Akt)"

08. "Go on with your work... Little linnet"

09. "Cotton shirt, when you're worn by a guardsman bold"

10. "Does this shawl and mantilla indeed disguise me?"

11. "The sombrero on your eyebrows"

12. "Open up, police!... They must all be hiding here"

13. "When a girl has an outing at San Lorenzo"

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Description:

Like his English contemporary, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Barbieri - sometimes styled 'The Spanish Glinka', for his importance to Madrid's operatic development - drew on a potent mix of ingredients ranging from Mozart, French opera comique and Italian opera through to the popular music of his time and place. El barberillo boasts a brilliant, tuneful score, and a libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra that is witty, well-structured and passionate. Although not Barbieri's 'breakthrough work' (which was Jugar con fuego, 'Playing with Fire' in 1851), El barberillo is Barbieri at his perfect best. The title plays on his own name, while inevitably evoking another famous Spanish barber, Rossini's from Seville. It is as if Barbieri was issuing a challenge, proclaiming that Madrid was now an operatic match for any city in Europe. The gambit succeeded: the huge success of El barberillo supplied the cornerstone for a long-lived musical stage tradition (and economic goldmine) which lasted beyond the 1936 Spanish Civil War.

Recorded February 28, 1954

Original title:

El barberillo de Lavapiés

Manufacturer No.:

CC9115

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