Zarzuela recital opens Spanish Festival at the CCP

Tenor Enrique Viana

June 11, 2013, 8:00 PM

Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Enrique Viana, tenor

Daniel Oyarzabal, piano

The Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes de Manila open Sonidos de España, Spanish Festival at the CCP with an evening of music via Romantico Enrique Viana (The Unending Passion of the Zarzuela) this June 11, 2013, 8:00 PM at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater).

This one night music event featuring tenor Enrique Viana and pianist Daniel Oyarzabal will highlight the Zarzuela, a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance. The zarzuela is yet another Spanish art form that was adapted locally and turned into what is known as the sarswela. The sarswela had its heyday during the early 20^th century before the onset of World War II. This recital will be a good opportunity for audiences to see and hear for themselves the Zaruela.

Pianist Daniel Oyarzabal

According to the press release, tenor Enrique Viana studied singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music before taking extensive studies in Barcelona, Milan, Siena, Rome and Paris. Aside from the Zarzuela, Enrique has also portrayed the traditional operatic roles such as the Duke in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La Traviata, Fenton in Falstaff, Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro, Ernesto in Don Pasqual and Tonio in La fille du regiment, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, and Ramiro in La Cenerentola among other roles. Viana will be accompanied at the concert by pianist Daniel Oyarzabal.

Romantico Enrique Viana (The Unending Passion of the Zarzuela), a part of the Sonidos de España Spanish Festival at the CCP is free admission and open to the public. The other event of the festival is the De Dolores flamenco concert featuring Eduardo Guerrero happening on June 14-15, 2013, 8:00 PM at the CCP Little Theater.

Ticket price:

Free admission with prior reservation

For inquiries:

Instituto Cervantes 526-1485

Cultural Center of the Philippines 832-1125 local 1601