Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havana's Lyric Stage

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On September 29, 1927, Cuban soprano Rita Montaner walked onto the stage of Havana's Teatro Regina. The cross-dressed actress sang the premiere of Eliseo Grenet's tango-congo, "Ay Mam? In?s" and cemented the song as a classic in the Cuban repertoire. More importantly, her performance heralded the birth of the Cuban zarzuela, a Spanish-language light opera with spoken dialogue that originated in Spain but transformed popular entertainment in Cuba...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0252033310

ISBN13:9780252033315

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Arts, Music & Photography History Music

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