Margarita la tornera

Margarita la tornera
Opera by Ruperto Chapí
Cover of the 1999 live recording with Plácido Domingo
TranslationMargarita the Gatekeeper
LibrettistCarlos Fernández Shaw
LanguageSpanish
Based ondramatic poem by José Zorrilla
Premiere
24 February 1909 (1909-02-24)
Teatro Real, Madrid

Margarita la tornera (Margarita the Gatekeeper) is an opera in three acts composed by Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw, based on a dramatic poem by José Zorrilla. It premiered on 24 February 1909 at the Teatro Real in Madrid in a performance conducted by the composer. An acclaimed recording of the opera came out in 1999 with Plácido Domingo and Elisabete Matos.

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