El barberillo de lavapiés
FRANCISCO ASENJO BARBIERI
From April 16th to 22nd 2021
Sala Principal
Approximate running time: 2h05
EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIÉS
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
Zarzuela in three acts
Libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri and Luis Mariano de Larra position this town barber between the most deep-rooted tradition of the Iberian rhythms and the inevitable presence of the Italianising trend. He becomes the master of nobles with noble causes in an 18th-century Madrid that is struggling to expel the Italian Grimaldi from his control over the state and replace him with the Spaniard Floridablanca. The nobility is assisted by the people; Italy is moved aside by Spain through the weapons of the seguidilla and calesera, wielded by a barber who pays homage to Beaumarchais, while at the same time rejecting him.
Creative Team
Musical direction
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
Stage direction and adaptation of the text
Alfredo Sanzol
Scenography and costumes
Alejandro Andújar
lighting
Pedro Yagüe
Choreography
Antonio Ruz
Cast
Lamparilla
Borja Quiza
Paloma
Sandra Ferrández
Marquesita del Bierzo
Maria Miró
Don Luis de Haro
Javier Tomé
Don Juan de Peralta
David Sánchez
Don Pedro de Monforte
Abel García
Lope
Ángel Burgos
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Director Francesc Perales
Director Francesc Perales
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
A Teatro de la Zarzuela production
Synopsis
In 1776, during the reign of Carlos III, political conspiracies
were rife in the streets in an attempt to oust the Marquis of
Grimaldi from government and replace him with the Count of
Floridablanca. Estrella, Marchioness of Bierzo, is conspiring in
favour of this change, with the aid of her faithful friend the
seamstress Paloma. Paloma persuades her boyfriend Lamparilla, a
barber and dentist who is extremely popular in the neighbourhood of
Lavapiés, to help her in mobilising people in the street. Among the
supporters of Grimaldi are his nephew Don Luis, who is the fiancé
of the Marchioness, but also her political rival. This situation
keeps him in a permanent state of nervous tension, because he
suspects that she is behind the street disturbances that have twice
prevented those conspiring against his uncle from being captured.
When Floridablanca finally gains power, the Marchioness leaves with
her beloved Luis into exile.