La Vida Breve (Life is Brief)

Archive Listings for La Vida Breve (Life is Brief)

T1412586545 (ON04) Sung in Spanish with English Titles. Running time 1 hour 15 minutes.Company Opera North. Conductor Martin Andre. Director Christopher Alden. Design Johan Engels. Costume Sue Willmington. Lighting Adam Silverman. Performer Mary Plazas (Salud). Performer Susan Gorton (La abuela). Performer Kim-Marie Woodhouse (Carmela). Performer Leonardo Capalbo (Paco). Performer Mark Stone (Manuel). Performer Graeme Broadbent (Uncle Salvador). Performer Adrian Clarke (Singer).
23 Jun 04 to 26 Jun 04	Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L670724875
16 Jun 04 to 19 Jun 04	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V458 listing details L01633801996
10 Jun 04 to 12 Jun 04	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L888558045
2 Jun 04 to 5 Jun 04	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L778778109
13 Apr 04 to 22 May 04	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L2099045592

Details

Opera or Operetta :: 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