Zarzuela Viva is a vibrant, direct, and deeply engaging celebration of Spain's most beloved lyric genre. This album brings together a carefully curated selection of the most popular and instantly recognisable zarzuela numbers, designed to connect immediately with a wide audience while fully preserving artistic and musical excellence.Under the direction of Alejandro MuÃ±oz, the CÃ³rdoba Orchestra and the CÃ³rdoba Opera Chorus deliver a performance full of energy, colour, and stylistic authenticity. They are joined by two highly charismatic soloists, soprano LucÃa Tavira and baritone Javier Povedano, whose voices add warmth, expressiveness, and brilliance to each piece.The programme spans zarzuela's golden age, from the late nineteenth century to the early decades of the twentieth, featuring romanzas, choruses, and orchestral interludes that form part of Spain's collective musical memory. Love, humour, passion, jealousy, and popular life unfold in a lively and accessible recording, ideal both for seasoned listeners and for newcomers discovering zarzuela for the first time. Zarzuela Viva is not only a tribute to this national genre, but also an invitation to enjoy it today with freshness, rhythmic vitality, and genuine emotion-making this album an especially attractive and highly commercial title for a broad international audience.

Tracklist:

Bateo-Preludio
Marchenera-Petenera
Patio de los Naranjos-Romanza de Martiniyo
DoÃ±a Francisquita-Coro de RomÃ¡nticos
Del Soto Del Parral-Ronda de Enamorados
Revoltosa-Preludio
Tempranica-Sierras de Granada
NiÃ±o JudÃo-CanciÃ³n de Manacor
DÃºo de la Africana-Coro de la MurmuraciÃ³n
Boda de Luis Alonso-Intermedio
Chiquita Piconera-DÃºo de Custodia y Rafael
Chulapona-Chotis
DoÃ±a Francisquita-Fandango

UPC: 8436597701013
Label: Ibs Classical
Release Date: 5.1.26
Format: CD

Orquesta De Cordoba - Zarzuela Viva (CD)