THE ZARZUELA OF UMBRELLAS

5 and 6 APR / 19:30

Musical direction Borja Quintas
Stage direction and dramaturgy Liuba Cid
Production MUN and AGAO

Music: Federico Chueca y Joaquín Valverde

Soloists: Marina Pardo, Alejandra Acuña, Javier Povedano, Francisco García

90 minutes

28€, 26€ y 24€
Special student discount 12,6€ in courtyard
Special discount for UNAV employees and AGAO members 20 %.

Additional discounts with youth card. 20% discount + 5€ discount vouchers

Inspired by Chueca y Valverde's El año pasado por agua ( 1888), La zarzuela de los paraguas is a version that incorporates musical themes and plot lines from other works of the so-called "género chico", as popular as: La gran vía or Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente.

El año pasado por agua is full of popular characters and comic references alluding to that year 1888, when it rained non-stop all over the country. A satirical painting of Spain at the turn of the century that was premiered with great success in Madrid's Nuevo Apolo theater in March 1889. Now it comes to Pamplona in its 21st century version, La Zarzuela de los paraguas, with the desire to recover the best of zarzuela: music, lyric and theater, with a fresh, fun, dynamic and current look.

This Zarzuela de los Paraguas, a contemporary zarzuela, is the result of the collaboration of students and professionals. It involves the University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra, the University of Navarra Choir, the groups of the Theatrical Training Plan and the Performing Arts Production Program, students of the Degree in Design(ETSA) and the Gayarre Association of Friends of the Opera(AGAO). 

ARTISTIC FILE

Adaptation by Liuba Cid
Version, dramaturgy and staging Liuba Cid
Stage Direction: Liuba Cid
Musical Direction: Borja Quintas
Conductor of the OSUNAV: Borja Quintas
Unav Choir Conductor: Ekhi Ocaña

University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra
University of Navarra Choir
AGAO. Gayarre Friends of the Opera Association
Theatrical Training Plan University of Navarra
Campus Creativo University of Navarra

SYNOPSIS

The zarzuela of the umbrellas tells the story of a country flooded by the adversities of the weather, also by the political tensions and the concerns of the citizens for matters of diverse nature that worry everyone; the contribution, agriculture, taxes, circulation in the city, among other issues. The character of the New Year arrives in the city of Pamplona with the purpose of putting an end to all these evils, promising to put an end to the heavy rains that flood the city, bringing back the sun and, with it, the solution to all the problems.

A UNIQUE PROJECT

A hallmark of Campus Creativo, the activities offered to students often provide the opportunity to participate in creative and artistic projects in close contact with artists and professionals in the cultural sector. 

On this occasion, La Zarzuela de los Paraguas is a unique and interdisciplinary proposal that brings together teams of very different nature. It involves the University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra and the University of Navarra Choir as well as the students of the Theatrical Training Plan and the students of the Performing Arts Production Program. They are joined by the students of the design degree who will design the scenography.

Together with all of them, AGAO members share their know-how with young talents.

Borja Quintas, conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de Navarra, is responsible for the musical direction of the project and accompanies Liuba Cid, responsible for the adaptation of the text and stage direction. 

BIOGRAPHIES

Liuba Cid
Adaptation of the play and stage direction

Born in Havana, Cuba. Doctor cum laude in Arts and Humanities from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC). Academic of the Performing Arts of Spain (AA.EE). In 1991 she obtained a degree in Performing Arts at the Universidad de las Artes de la Habana, Cuba, specializing in Theater Direction and Interpretation, obtaining a Gold Diploma. She holds a degree in Music from the Conservatorio Superior de Música "Amadeo Roldán" in Havana. She has been a direct student of the Italian director Eugenia Barba and the German playwright Heiner Müller.

He has directed more than 50 theatrical productions, dedicating much of his stage work to the contemporary reading of the Classics of the Golden Age. He has published several titles on theatrical technique and specialized articles on theater. In 1994, he won the award for best staging with his musical version of Azorín's play Old Spain at the Chicago American Community Theatre Festival, as well as other awards such as best scenic space, best musical adaptation and best costume design. In 2020 it won the National University Theater Award. Iberoamerican Prize of communication, cultural and orality 2021 awarded by the Iberoamerican Chair of Oral Narration Scenic.

She is currently a professor of Art Theory in the Department of Humanities at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Art History area. Director of the company Mephisto teatro, an Ibero-American theater project that integrates actors, designers and choreographers from Ibero-America and Spain. She is Editorial Coordinator of Ediciones Cumbres©.
 

Borja Quintas
Musical Director

Artistic Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de Navarra and the Orquesta Sinfónica, Coro y Escolanía JMJ among others, Borja Quintas has conducted some of the most important ensembles in the world, such as the London Symphony Orchestra or the New Russia Symphony Orchestra. He has accompanied soloists of the stature of Plácido Domingo, Javier Camarena, Ainhoa Arteta or María Bayo, and has developed an intense artistic activity in Russia after graduating from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. He is also Professor of Orchestra Conducting at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón and Director of the Master of Conducting at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid.

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