Toronto Symphony Orchestra 2011-2012 Season

Concerts & Tickets

2012.2013 Season

La vida breve: A Spanish Opera

  • Thu. Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM
    Roy Thomson Hall
  • Sat. Nov. 3, 2012 at 8:00 PM
    Roy Thomson Hall
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano
Nancy Fabiola Herrera,
mezzo-soprano
Spanish maestro, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, presides over this unique opportunity to enjoy Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's passionate opera, La vida breve (The Short Life). This story of love and betrayal among gypsies overflows with soaring arias and fiery dances. It will be performed, complete with English surtitles, by a full cast of singers and flamenco artists direct from Spain.
  • Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
  • Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano
  • Cristina Faus, mezzo-soprano
  • Vicente Ombuena, tenor
  • Gustavo Peña, tenor
  • Alfredo García, baritone
  • Josep Miquel Ramón, bass-baritone
  • Pedro Sanz, cantaor
  • Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
  • Núria Pomares, flamenco dancer
  • The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 View Notes   Listen
Falla: La vida breve (opera-in-concert with English surtitles)

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