Opera and Society in Early-Twentieth-Century Argentina: Felipe Boero's El Matrero
Description:
Premiering at the twilight of the gauchesco era and the dawn of Argentine musical Modernism, El matrero (1929) by Felipe Boero (1884-1958) remains underexplored in terms of its social milieu and artistic heritage. Instantly hailed as a masterpiece, the work retains a place in the local repertory, though it has never been performed internationally. The opera draws on myths of the gaucho and takes further inspiration from the energized intellectual environment surrounding the one-hundred-year ann…
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Date:
August 2016
Creator:
Sauceda, Jonathan
Partner:
UNT Libraries