Southampton|Featured Event
Antologia de Zarzuela
Event Details
Featuring acclaimed Spanish dancer/choreographer Paloma de Vega, international soprano Ashley Galvani Bell, and pianist Bobby Peterson, this concert showcases beloved dances and romanzas from Spain’s unique form of musical theatre known as zarzuela with its captivating fusion of operatic, dramatic and folkloric elements. Over ten thousand zarzuelas have been written in Spain, incorporating folk and urban dance rhythms, simple songs, operatic arias, passionate love duets and grand choruses, but this art form also expanded into Latin America, and many countries including Mexico and Cuba developed their own unique zarzuelas.
This program will teach you about zarzuela’s history and rhythm and feature unique dance & vocal excerpts.This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.
FREE ADMISSION
Paloma de Vega is an internationally recognized Spanish dancer and choreographer living in New York who specializes in danza española and flamenco. She has danced with the International American Ballet and has performed at Lincoln Center.
Ashley Galvani Bell grew up cantoring at Basilica of Sacred Hearts starting at age 9 and is currently an international opera singer who has performed as a soloist in the US, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark & Russia in such venues as Carnegie Hall, New York City Opera, ABAO Bilbao and Teatro Maestranza (Sevilla).
Bobby Peterson is currently director of music at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Easthampton. In addition to being an excellent pianist, he has worked for many years in the world of musical theatre performing lead roles in productions such as West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, and Jekyll and Hyde.