Zarzuela Di Si, presenting zarzuela in Washington, DC

Zarzuela Di Si's mission is to produce zarzuela for the Washington, DC area audiences. We will present standard and non-standard zarzuela, and Spanish opera, both in traditional and non-traditional settings.

We are committed to providing opportunities for regional musical artists, actors and directors who want to explore this art form, regardless of their nationality. And we will offer educational opportunities for our staff, patrons and constituents.

UPCOMING

El barberillo de Lavapiés

2010/11

El barberillo de Lavapiés (1874) is roughly contemporary with the masterpieces of Strauss jnr. in Vienna and Arthur Sullivan in London. Like the latter, Barbieri concocts a potent mix of musical ingredients ranging from Offenbach, Mozart, Rossini and Italian Opera through to the popular music of his own time and place. El barberillo de Lavapiés boasts a brilliant, sophisticated and tuneful score, as well as a libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra that is in equal measure passionate, witty and well structured. The "Little Barber" represents Barbieri at his best and most distinctive. Little wonder that it has taken its place as the classic work of the Golden Age of the zarzuela.