FULL EL AMOR BRUJO (de Falla) Bruges 2014 Adriana Bastidas Gamboa
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: El amor brujo
- Composer: Falla Manuel de
- Libretto: Gregorio Martínez Sierra
- Venue & Opera Company: Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium
- Recorded: April 29, 2014
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Adriana Bastidas Gamboa
- Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig
- Orchestra: Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
- Date Published: 2014
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
El amor brujo ([el aˈmoɾ ˈbɾu.xo], “Love, the sorcerer”) is a ballet by Manuel de Falla to a libretto by María de la O Lejárraga García, although for years it was attributed to her husband Gregorio Martínez Sierra. It exists in three versions as well as a piano suite drawn from four of its movements. Andalusian in character, its music includes the celebrated Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance), the Canción del fuego fatuo (Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp) and the Danza del terror. Its songs are in Andalusian Spanish
Synopsis
El amor brujo is the story of an Andalusian gypsy woman called Candela. Although her affection is for a man named Carmelo, as a girl she was promised to be married to another man (then a boy). After many years Candela’s husband has died (at the hands of the husband of a woman named Lucia), but he continues to haunt his wife.
The entire village knows about the haunting, but still brands Candela as crazy because she dances every night with her husband’s ghost (“Danza del terror”). Candela, now a widow, is free to establish a relationship with Carmelo, but continues to be haunted by her husband’s ghost.
After a conversation with other women of the village, Candela finally comes to realise that her husband was unfaithful to her, despite all her efforts to make their marriage work; her husband’s lover is revealed to have been Lucia.
Candela and Carmelo get advice that a ritual dance is necessary to cast the ghost off (“Danza ritual del fuego”), but it does not work. The ghost is still obsessed with Candela’s soul.
Candela manages to trick Lucía to come that night, with the excuse of hooking her up with Carmelo. As she turns up, the nightly ritual of Candela’s dance with her husband’s ghost begins, but at the last moment Candela moves away from her husband and Lucía is taken away by her now dead lover (“Danza del juego de amor”).
Dawn breaks, Candela and Carmelo are now truly free to enjoy their love.
Quoted from Wikipedia