La niña de los cantares

La niña de los cantares (1905)

Genre: Zarzuela based on local customs of Granada in one act.
Text: Raimuindo Domínguez García and Venancio Herreros Galdeano.
Music: Francisco Alonso.
Premiere: June 19, 1905, at Teatro Cervantes, Granada.

Set in Granada. Its plot revolves around the rivalry of two women who dispute the love of the same man.

Although critics picked up on novice-style errors, the work of the authors was praised. The music was considered inspired, although the instrumentation was deemed to to be ‘poor’

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