Liricas del Mundo at the first concert “Homenaje a Lucrecia Arana” at the International Institute in Madrid, when we first sang the Trova and duo from “El diablo en el molino”
I was asked to contribute an article to zarzuela.net, a web page lead by the leading Anglo exponent of the zarzuela genre, Christopher Webber. Here is my story of how in 2017, via a series of concerts in Madrid and Logroño in La Rioja (Spain) with my duet ensemble Líricas del Mundo, we explored and sang the repertoire a 19th century zarzuela sensation and muse to both composers and libretist of the golden age of zarzuela, tiple-contralto Lucrecia Arana.
Link to article in http://www.zarzuela.net
Lucrecia Arana played numerous trouser roles in the zarzuela, many written especially for her.
The zarzuela “La viejecita” by Fernando Caballero was written for and premiered by Lucrecia Arana
Spanish Song Slinger 