Performance

VenueTheatre Royal
TownNewcastle upon Tyne
CountyTyne and Wear
From3rd March 2015
To3rd March 2015
When19:00
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V570)

La Vida Breve (Life is Brief)

T01166575128
From the composer of the orchestral showpiece Nights in the Gardens of Spain and the popular ballet The Three-Cornered Hat comes this irresistibly exuberant opera of violently passionate emotions that breathes the heady air of Granada. Written in a burst of inspiration, La Vida Breve is an all or nothing tragedy of a woman - Salud - who loves too much a worthless man who strings her along, knowing all the while that he is to marry another girl. The atmosphere is heavy with Spanish fatalism, heightened by the influence of Andalusian folk song, lightened by Spanish dance rhythms.
Music Manuel De Falla (1913)


Archive :: production:T01166575128, opera or operetta:S0702407952, venue:V570

Production details

Revival Production. Sung in Spanish with English titles. Double bill with Gianni Schicchi

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Company

Company Opera North
Conductor Jac van Steen (ex Mar15 24)
Conductor Martin Pickard (Mar15 24)
Director Christopher Alden
Design Johan Engels
Costume Sue Willmington
Lighting Adam Silverman
Performer Anne Sophie Duprels (Salud)
Performer Elizabeth Sikora (La abuela)
Performer Beth Mackay (Carmela)
Performer Jesus Alvarez (Paco)
Performer Gavan Ring (Manuel)
Performer Graeme Broadbent (Uncle Salvador)
Performer Quirijn de Lang (Singer - flamenco)
Performer Daniel Norman (Off stage voice)
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