09
Dic
2008
I hadn't been to the Zarzuela in years and wasn’t too enthusiastic about going when a visiting friend suggested it. Having always agreeably accompanied tourists to flamenco and bull fights and zarzuelas, palaces and castles, parks and museums, parades and processions, often against my better judgment, I was all set to reject the offer. I had digressed to an occasional movie or local theater, an art exhibit or musical. But the Zarzuela….
This performance of " El Rey que Rabió": The King who got angry proved to be a delightful production, a comic Zarzuela full of social commentary and a timeless love story. The story-line hinted at Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" and Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The music and choreography were fun; a good first Zarzuela for adults and children alike.
The show first opened on April 21st, 1891:
Music by Ruperto Chapí
Book by Miguel Ramos Carrión y Vital Aza.
Stage play by Luis Olmos
What do the King´s subjects really think of the monarchy? The king is tired of being bowed down to; he wants to be free to wander the streets, to get to know his people. He plans his escape, takes on the identity of a shepherd, and out he goes. And the fun begins.
As I was watching the show I was thinking about meeting Felipe & Letizia at the UEM recently. They chatted with many of us, breaking away from the formal interviews and joining the crowd. Over the last few months I’ve seen them on TV, on many formal occasions, meeting and greeting again and again and again. I’m sure they’d like to just disappear into the crowd, walk among the humble masses incognito: escape for a while. It must be very hard to always be on display, to follow protocol, to follow a script, to perform for the public. They’d enjoy this Zarzuela. And I think you would too.
El Rey que Rabió is at the Teatro de la Zarzuela until January 11, 2009.
(Tickets in the upper balcony are 16 and 20 Euros)
Wendy
http://teatrodelazarzuela.mcu.es/Temporada/ActividadesDetalle.asp?dia=03&mes=12&agno=2008
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