Composer Manuel de Falla

Conductor Lorin Maazel

Orchestra Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana

Singers De Léon, Gallardo-Domas, Corbacho,

Staged by Giancarlo del Monaco at Palau de les Arts Reine Sofia, Valencia, 2011

• Released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray!
• A national monument in Spain, Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve is perhaps the greatest opera ever written in the Spanish language. A kind of ‘tragic zarzuela’, it unites verismo atmosphere, Andalusian local colour and a score shimmering with reminiscences of French Impressionism.
• La vida breve is the story of a poor gypsy and her lover, who is engaged to wed a wealthy girl. “Simply a stroke of genius” wrote Spain’s Opera Viva about Guancarlo del Monaco’s austere, minimalist staging at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reine Sofia. Giancarlo del Monaco has worked with most important opera houses and festivals (MET, La Scala, Bregenz etc.)

Running Time Total: 82 minutes

Picture 16:9, HD
Sound DVD: DTS 5.0, PCM Stereo
BD: DTS-HD MA 5.0, PCM Stereo
Subtitles English, German, French, Spanish
Packaging NTSC: DVD Amaray box
Blu-ray box
Booklet English, German, French