The recital show, How Does Opera Operates, combines acting, while showing to the audience a variety of vocal genres ranging from Gregorian chant and carols of the Middle Ages to the most relevant operatic repertoire besides the concert song in the most recognized languages, so that the audience can have a true approach to the fine arts.

Program:

Gregorian Chant (10th century)

• Veni Creator

Mateo Flecha (Spain, 1481-1553)

• Ríu, ríu, chíu, Spanish carol

Giulio Caccini (Italy, 1551-1618)

• Amarilli mia bella, song

Federico Moreno Torroba (Spain, 1891-1982)

• Shut up, Heart of Luisa Fernanda Zarzuela

Franz Lehar (Hungary, 1870 - Austria, 1948)

• Lips Are Sealed, from the operetta The Merry Widow

Pablo Sorozábal (Spain, 1897-1988)

• It Can’t Be, from the zarzuela The Inkeeper of the Port.

Léo Delibes (France, 1836-1891)

• Viens, Mallika ... Dôme épais le jasmin, from the opera Lakmé

Intermission

Georges Bizet (France, 1838-1875)

• L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, from the opera Carmen

Giacomo Puccini (Italy, 1858 - Belgium, 1924)

• Where lieta usci, from the opera La bohéme

Manuel M. Ponce (Mexico, 1882-1948)

• Far from You, Mexican Song

Ignacio Fernández Esperón "Tata Nacho" (Mexico, 1894-1968)

• The violinera, ranchero song

Kurt Weill (Germany, 1900 - United States, 1950)

• Je ne t'aime pas, cabaret song

Giuseppe Verdi (Italy, 1813-1901)

Libiamo, ne lieti calici, from the opera La traviata

Alandár Ópera