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Zarzuela
My parents met while performing...
My parents met while performing in Moreno Torroba’s Sor Navarra. In that zarzuela, my mother had to declare her love for the character played by my father. My father used to joke that after three months of such relentless manifestations of her love for him, he had no choice but to capitulate. They were married in Madrid on April 1, 1940. In 1946, when I was five, they travelled with Moreno Torroba’s company to America, where their total dedications to the zarzuela española was greatly admired.They also enjoyed widespread recognition, not only in Spain, but throughout Latin America and, specifically, in Mexico, where they formed their own company.
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Responsibility To The Theater
Deep love and devotion for the stage
From them, I learned all the responsibility related to the theater and developed a deep love and devotion for the stage. My father sang as a baritone, but he was really a tenor. The zarzuela calls for a very high tessitura from the bariton, so, throughout my career, I have enjoyed including in my zarzuela repertoire some bariton arias which have been transposed up to tenor keys. If you have heard some of my father’s recordings you may have noticed that our voices sound very much alike in many places. But in Luisa Fernanda I wish I could come closer to my father’s performances. When he sang the words: "Ah, ay mi morena, morena clara!" the hearts of every lady in the theater fluttered they wished they could have been the morena (dark-haired one) to whom my father was singing. Sadly, my parents passed away some years ago. But the profound and wonderful legacy that they instilled within me still courses passionately through my veins today. So, my dear parents, thank you for bringing me into the world and thank you for the wonderful lullabies that you forever left deeply imbedded in my soul. From that soul, on your behalf, here’s my attempt to share your rich musical heritage with other generations.
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