Esta noche... Zarzuela

La viejecita and Château Margaux are the two works by Manuel Fernández Caballero that will form the double bill of Zarzuela presented by the Catalan stage director Lluís Pasqual in his first incursion into this Spanish lyrical genre in the course of his long career. As is habitual in the Zarzuela, these two musical delights, first performed in Madrid in the late-19th century and now revived at the Grec 09 Festival, speak of conflicts between people in a light, humorous style, with the accent on entertainment. Lluís Pasqual masterfully shapes these ingredients into a superb production that is also guaranteed to move audiences–the Catalan director’s stock-in-trade.