La vida breve | |
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Opera by Manuel de Falla | |
Translation | The Brief Life |
Librettist | Carlos Fernández-Shaw |
Language | Spanish (Andalusian dialect) |
Premiere | 1 April 1913 (in French, first version) |
Role[2] | Voice type[2] | Premiere Cast, 1 April 1913[3] (Conductor: Jacques Miranne) |
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Salud, a gypsy | soprano | Lillian Grenville |
La abuela (Salud's grandmother) | mezzo-soprano | Renée Fanty |
Paco | tenor | David Devriès |
Tío Sarvaor (Salvador, Salud's uncle) | bass | Édouard Cotreuil |
Carmela, the bride | mezzo-soprano | Mlle Gerday |
Manuel, the bride's brother | baritone | Termany |
Cantaor (Cantador, singer at the wedding) | baritone | |
First saleswoman | contralto | Daurelly |
Second saleswoman | mezzo-soprano | A Bernard |
Salesman | bass | |
Solo voice in forge chorus | tenor | Rouziery |