El cantor de
México, or a Basque man in Paris.
There is no transcendental purpose in this operetta, nor is there
any hidden sublime message in this story of travel which looks for
exotic destinations on both sides of the Atlantic, in comings and
goings with bright reflections of the great music-hall tradition of
Spain and Paris, operetta and the Broadway musical. The orchestra
is transformed into a mambo, jazz or Charleston band; playing
mariachi music, boleros, swing or mambo.El cantor de México is a
simple story that moves in a straight line thorough each of the 20
scenes, with a plot that is always illuminated and without
ambiguities where each number appears to refer to the well-known
verse of the song Mexico: “Thank God for the song which
delivered your heart to the world.”
EL CANTOR DE MÉXICO
Francis LópezOperetta in two acts
Music by Francis López
Libretto by Félix Gandera and Raymond Vincy,
in a free version by Emilio Sagi
Cantabiles by Raymond Vincy and Henri Wernert · Translation into Spanish by Enrique Viana
Orchestration by Thibault Perrine · Original Arrangements by Paul Bonneau
© Éditions et Productions Théâtrales Chappell, Paris (2006)
Creative Team
Conductor
Óliver Díaz
Stage Director
Emilio Sagi
Set Designer
Daniel Bianco
Costume Designer
Renata Schussheim
Lighting Designer
Eduardo Bravo
Choreography
Nuria Castejón
Cast
Eva Marshall
Rossy de Palma
Vincente Etxebar
José Luis Sola
Riccardo Cartoni
Enrique Baquerizo
Bilou
Toni Marsol
Señor Boucher
Juan Luis Martínez
Señorita Cécile
Ana Goya
María
María José Suárez
Lupita
Nagore Navarro
Tizoc
Eduardo Carranza
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus
master Francesc Perales
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
A Teatro de la Zarzuela production, in co-production with Opéra de Lausanne