STAGE WORKS
EL AMOR BRUJO
Ballet
("Love, the magician").Ballet in one act.
Libretto by Gregorio Martínez Sierra.
The instrumentation is the same as in the 1916 and 1917 versions, though certain sections from those versions are omitted.
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1919-1925
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Paris, Théâtre du Trianon-Lyrique, 22 May 1925. Candelas, Antonia Mercé "La Argentina"; Carmelo, Vicente Escudero; the Ghost, George Wague; conductor, Manuel de Falla; set designer, Gustavo Bacarisas.
SECTIONS / MOVEMENTS
Introducción y escena - En la cueva (La noche) - Canción del amor dolido - El aparecido - Danza del terror - El círculo mágico (Romance del pescador) - A medianoche (Los sortilegios) - Danza ritual del fuego (para ahuyentar los malos espíritus) - Escena - Canción del fuego fatuo - Pantomima - Danza del juego de amor - Final (Las campanas del amanecer).
DURATION
23 minutes approx.
INSTRUMENTATION
Voice (mezzo-soprano), 2 flutes (piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion, piano and strings.
PUBLISHER
Chester. New edition by Yvan Nommick. Manuel de Falla Ediciones / Chester (co-published for Spain, Portugal and Latin America).