Les Arts premieres the first stage production of 'Un avvertimento ai gelosi', by Manuel García

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Les Arts premieres the first stage production of ''Un avvertimento ai gelosi', by Manuel García 

• The new promotion of artists from the Center de Perfectionament presents this opera with musical direction and piano accompaniment by Rubén Fernández Aguirre

• Bárbara Lluch signs this event that will travel on tour to the Principal of Castelló, the Auditori Teulada-Moraira and the Fundació Juan March to Madrid

Valencia (11.11.21). The Palau de les Arts premieres this weekend, November 12, at 8:00 p.m., the first stage production of ''Un avvertimento ai gelosi', by Manuel García (1775-1832).

The Martín i Soler Theater hosted the first stage performance in the history of this 'farsa giocosa', the five-year anniversary of the hall operas that the eminent Seville artist, singer, composer, actor, entrepreneur and teacher will compose with exercises for his virtuoso students of singing during the last stage of his life. Paris.

The artistic director of the Arts, Jesús Iglesias Noriega, has highlighted this initiative as part of the commitment to the recovery and appreciation of the national musical repertoire, “which must be a commitment to any public theater.”

In this sense, Iglesias Noriega has recalled that Manuel García, in addition to being the progenitor of the legendary singers María Malibrán and Pauline Viardot-García, was going to be one of the most relevant figures in European cultural life in the 19th century, as well as one of the great popularizers of poetry.

Finally, in addition to its previous performances in Valencia, 'Un avvertimento ai gelosi' will travel on tour throughout the Valencian Community, with performances on December 2 at the Teatre Principal in Castelló, on the 10th of that month at the Auditori Teulada-Moraira and three last performances at the Fundació Juan March in Madrid (December 15, 17 and 18).

The Arts coprodueix with the Oviedo Opera Festival with this muntatge, with stage direction by Bárbara Lluch, set design by Daniel Bianco, costumes by Clara Peluffo and lighting by Nadia García, with piano accompaniment and musical direction by Rubén Fernández Aguirre.

Rubén Fernández Aguirre is one of the pianists most sought after by millions of people, both nationally and internationally, which combines with an active work in the recovery and dissemination of the Spanish musical heritage, in which the six previous works stand out in the three operas of Manuel García.

Fernández Aguirre, who will direct and perform 'Un avvertimento ai gelosi' in its second concert version in Seville in 2016, underlines the importance of being able to perform for the first time a work that is aimed at the general public, whose performances are only known to have been performed at the Paris academy by Mateix García.

Bárbara Lluch proposes a “metatheatre” exercise in the inn on stage that in fa. The Catalan director brings the love affairs, the conflicts and the deceptions to current times, within the mateixa d'opera company, which is on tour to present Manuel García's opera.

“It is interesting to establish two plans to study both naturalism and a more affecting dramatic concept, the singers of the Center fan a jump from character to actor, and vice versa, at all times, and we have included four actors in the production to create this plot,” he explained.

The 'regista' has also valued the importance of García's salon operas. “The score is demanding and complicated, as Rossini, Bellini and Mozart can guess, but the layout of the work itself allows the director not to distract from other resources and focus on the artists' interpretation.”

Jesús Iglesias Noriega explained that 'Un avvertimento ai gelosi' was the official presentation of the new promotion of the Center de Perfectionament, which since September has been working in the Arts with the assessment of the soprano María Bayo.

Rosa María Dávila (Sandrina), Marcelo Solís (Berto), Jorge Franco (Il Conte di Ripaverde), Carlos Fernando Reynoso (Don Fabio), Laura Orueta (Ernesta) and Xavier Hetherington (Menico) assume the main papers.

In this sense, Jesús Iglesias Noriega has pointed out that Manuel García's work is a "fantastic opportunity to get into the opera for the first time. The beauty of music, a simple plot and a duration that does not exceed one hour and quarter are joined to a young distribution and a fresh muntatge."

In addition to the premiere of this event, November 12, Les Arts has scheduled more performances of "An Avvertimento ai gelosi" on the 17th and 20th of that month. Tickets for this show have a single price of 35 euros.