Latin American Opera Singers
From Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flores to Puerto Rican soprano Ana María Martínez to Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, Latin America has given birth to some of the most brilliant opera singers to ever grace the stage. On this episode of Fiesta we will feature these singers and more.
Playlist:
Ana María Martínez (Puerto Rico)
Maria la O
by Ernesto Lecuona
Prague Philharmonie
Steven Mercurio, conductor
Naxos 8.571106
4:15
Juan Diego Flores (Perú)
La Flor de la Canela
Decca 475.6932
4:48
Marcelo Alvarez (Argentina)
Tomo y Obligo
music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Manuel Romero)
Sony 7184189
3:36
Erwin Schrott (Uruguay)
Rojo tango
music by Pablo Ziegler, lyrics by Erwin Schrott
Prager Philharmonie
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Sony 4962500
5:52
Veronica Villarroel (Chile) & Plácido Domingo (Spain)
Cállate corazón, from the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda
by Federico Moreno Torroba (libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández Shaw)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
Antoni Ros Marbá, conductor
Auvidis Valois B0000251ED
6:12
Olivia Gorra (Mexico)
Solamente una vez
by Agustín Lara
Jorge Demester, piano
Grupo Tlen Huicani
SKU: 7503019716007
3:28
Francisco Araiza (Mexico)
Estrellita
by Manuel Ponce
Münchner Rundfunkorcheste
Ralf Welkert, conductor
RCA 09026-61163-2
4:45
Carlo Ventre (Uruguay)
with Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano
Lo so! Ma non vi avrei rubato!
from La Fanciulla del West
by Giacomo Puccini
Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Oehms Classics OC 945
3:46
Luz del Alba Rubio (Uruguay)
Antonia
from Les Comtes d’Hoffman
by Jacques Offenbach
Olympia at the Warsaw Opera Theater.
Tomasz Bugaj, conductor
Archive recording
3:39
Ramón Vargas (Mexico)
with Eugenia León, voice
Piel Canela (bolero)
by Bobby Capó
Orquesta Sinfónica de Bellas Artes
Enrique Barrios, conductor
CD Published by the Government of Mexico City
3:20