ARTISTIC DETAILS
Inspired in the work of the same name by Lópe de Vega
Adaptation: José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Antonio Gades
Choreography, direction: Antonio Gades
Music: Antón García Abril, Modest Mussorgsky, Baroque music, Antonio Gades, Antonio Solera, Faustino Núñez
Arrangements and musical selection: Faustino Núñez
Folkloric ballet adviser : Juanjo Linares
Setting and wardrobe: Pedro Moreno
Lighting: Dominique You
Costume makers: Ana Lacoma, Sastrería Cornejo
Dedicated to the memory of Celia Sánchez Manduley
Duration: 90 minutes without an interval
Absolute premiere in the Carlo Felice Opera in Geneva on 20 December 1994
Revival by the Antonio Gades Company in the Roman Theatre in Verona on 20 August 2008
“My deepest gratitude to my charming Cuban friend and choreographer, Alberto Méndez, who, during our chats in Havana gave me the gift of his advice, his talent”
Antonio Gades