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Zarzuela is the Spanish equivalent to opera.

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Representation started in the 17th century when Philip Ford was king of Spain.

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He liked very much the theatre and music.

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He started hiring Spanish companies to put on plays that mixed singing with parts of drama.

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The first zarzuelas were like an experiment.

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They were something between a play, a music concert, and a comic sketch.

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Main composers.

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Some important composers are Francisco Alonso.

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He was born in 1877 and died in 1948.

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His most relevant son was El Príncipe Carlos, Prince Charles.

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José Serrano Simeón.

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He was born in 1873 and died in 1941.

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The most famous zarzuela from these composers is called La Dolorosa.

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Amadeo Vives.

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He was born in 1871 and died in 1932.

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Doña Francisquita is a very famous zarzuela written and composed by him.

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Ruperto Chappi.

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He was born in 1851 and died in 1909.

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He composed two operas, La Muerte de García Lasso y Rochas de Flor, and later he started composing Salsoras.

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La Nebotosa is the most famous one.

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Most of the last Salsoras sing about of the traditional festivals from Madrid.

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One of them talks about San Isidro. San Isidro is the patron of San Madrid.

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This festival is celebrated the 15th of May, and the people get dressed like Chilapos.

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Girls wear a dotted dress, and men wear a waistcoat and a traditional cap.

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People use jacks and have some refreshment near Manzanales River.

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This is an example of a part of a zarzuela, and these are examples of the music sheets.

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A stage by actors and actresses that sing and perform.

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The main language used in opera is Italian, but zarzuelas are sung and acted out in Spanish.

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In zarzuela there are parts that are spoken, and this is a job that my partners did about

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La Corrala. La Corrala is a building where some people live and here is acted La Zarzuela.

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Now we are going to show you some images of typical professions and things that appear in

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in zarzuelas. This is a verbena that means party. Here we have the mantones de manila

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that are a red-skilled sound associated with the port of Manila in the Philippines and

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Andalusian culture in Spain. La zarzuela, this is a poster of zarzuela, that is a theatre.

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chulapos. The chulapos are dressed with the traditional costumes. This we have here, a

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barquillero and the chulapos. The barquillero is a traditional job that sells sweets. And

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I hear more things, more methods of doing it.

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I hear more things, more methods of doing it.