María Rodrigo - Becqueriana

[Wheesht]

Cezanne Producciones, the label that released a CD with the two symphonies by Francisco Calés discussed here recently, has also issued a CD with the opera in one act 'Becqueriana' from 1915 by the Spanish composer María Rodrigo (1888-1967), plus 'Rimas infantiles' and 'La copla intrusa'. Most of the composer's works were sadly lost when she fled Madrid in 1939. It was a hundred years after the second of only two performances of 'Becqueriana' that the opera was finally performed again and recorded by conductor José Luis Temes in 2016, who had revised the score of this first opera by a female composer in Spain. The CD is well worth getting, but for those who want to sample it first, it is also available here.

[Alan Howe]

..and it's acceptably sung too - thanks!

[Mark Thomas]

An attractive piece of work. Thanks, Thomas.

[semloh]

I agree, it's a very attractive work, beautifully performed. I wonder if there's an English version of the libretto anywhere....

[Wheesht]

The booklet only has a synopsis in English I'm afraid.