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BBC Symphony Orchestra Plays Falla

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from the Royal Festival Hall, a concert including a performance of Manuel de Falla's opera La Vida Breve. Falla Homenajes conductor Enrique Diemecke
7.50 Falla and the Folk
Michael Oliver examines the complex relationship between Manuel de Falla and folk music.
8.10 Falla La Vida Breve
Set in Granada around
1900, the story concerns a gypsy girl, Salud. She loves Paco, who pretends to love her in return but in reality plans to marry Carmela.
Salud discovers the truth, denounces Paco at his wedding and then, grief-stricken, falls dead.
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Contributors

Conductor:
Enrique Diemecke
Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Manuel de Falla
Salud:
Martha Senn (mezzo)
Abuela:
Cecilia Angell (sop)
Paco:
Jordi Galofre (tenor)
Tio Salvador:
William Alvarado (baritone)
Fragua:
Ignatio Clapes (tenor)
Manuel:
Stefano D'Pepo (bar)
Carmela:
Therese Feighan (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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