El puñaoPuñao is the Spanish word puñado in Andalusian pronunciation. de rosas (A Bunch of Roses) is a one-act zarzuela "of Andalusian customs" (de costumbres andaluzas) by Spanish composer Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by Carlos Arniches and . It was successfully premiered on 30 October 1902, at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid. A parody zarzuela, El cuñao de Rosa (The brother-in-law of Rosa), with text by Candela and Merino and music by , was staged in February next year.
Roles RoleAccording to the 10th edition of the libretto (Madrid: Sociedad de Autores Españoles, 1903), see IMSLP.Voice typePremiere cast, 30 October 1902Rosario, daughter of the cortijo overseerThese explaining captions are not present in the 10th edition of the libretto. Neither are the voice types indicated.sopranoCarmen (Carmencilla), Rosario's cousincomic sopranoMaría López MartínezA gypsy girl (Socorro)sopranoCarmen CalvoSeñó Juan, the overseer of the cortijo, Rosario's fathersinging actorTarugo, Rosario's loverbaritoneJosé Antonio, Tarugo's brothersinging actorJosé Luiz OntiverosPepe, young master of the cortijobaritoneJuan ReforzoFrancisquitoAntonio Pérez JusteThree Huntsmen3 tenors, 2 of which are comicVicente Carrión, Isidro Soler, Melchor RamiroTwo friendsEmilio de Francisco, Luis BallesterAn arrierotenorIsidoro SolerChorus: girls and lads
Music There are six musical numbers. The introduction (No. 1) has a sort orchestral prelude, which is followed by an elaborate opening scene: Socorro's prediction is inserted into the chorus, and when she leaves, another chorus tune frames Rosario and Carmencilla's parts with Socorro's song (whose tune is that of the orchestral introduction) interrupting this scene twice. The same song is put into Rosario and Tarugo's duo (No. 2), the finale and culminative section of which is a zapateado. The second duo (No. 3) is in ABA1B1 form with a bolero in the B section. No. 4 is actually a sequence of separate scenes: a male chorus nocturne (with a habanera rhythm in orchestra) gives place to an agitated female chorus, which is followed by an arrieros tune. After this a comic trio is presented without any transition. No. 5 is famous for its final tanguillo performed by Carmencilla, and it is preceded by an introductive chorus and Rosario's copla. No. 6 is just a minute long and is not an independent piece: it is based on the A1 section from No. 3. For the Finale a variation of the concluding measures of No. 1 (Socorro's song tune) is used.
Musical numbers No. 1. Introduction and chorus. Una gitana vieja me dijo un día (Rosario, Socorro, Carmencilla, female chorus) No. 2. Duo. ¡Ay! Mare del alma mía, que güen porveni me espera (Rosario, Tarugo, with Socorro behind the scenes) No. 3. Duo. No te asustes tú, alma mía (Rosario, Pepe) No. 4 (a). Chorus: Va la tarde cayendo (male chorus, behind the scenes) — Como bandá de palomas (female chorus) — Arrierito, arriero, ¡mal haya tu suerte perra! (un arriero, behind the scenes) — No. 4 (b). Trio. Con perro, escopeta, morral y canana (los cazadores) No. 5. Tango: ¡Venga jaleo! ¡Venga jarana! (mixed chorus, with Rosario, El Señó Juan) — Yo sufro mientras tu gosas (Rosario, with Carmencilla, Pepe, mixed chorus) — No le cuentes ar cura, chiquiya (Carmencilla, with mixed chorus) No. 6. Scene. ¡Naide! ¡Toó está tranquilo! (Tarugo) Finale (instrumental)
Arrangements Chapí composed a Pasodoble based on several tunes of the zarzuela. Ricardo Villa, a prominent wind band director, arranged Nos. 1 and 3 of the zarzuela making up a Fantasy.A recording reliased in 1951 at
Recordings The order of the roles: Rosario – Socorro – Carmencilla – Pepe – Tarugo – 3 Huntsmen – An arriero. Columbia 1953: Ana María Iriarte, Pilar Lorengar, Teresa Berganza, Manuel Ausensi, Arturo Díaz Martos, Juan Encabo, Gregorio Gil, Agustín S. Luque. Chorus: Cantores de Madrid (dir. ). Gran Orquesta da Cámara de Madrid. Ataúlfo Argenta (conductor). — No. 6 not recorded. Zafiro 1959: Dolores Pérez (Lily Berchman), Delian Rubens, Emilia Rincón, Tino Moro, Eladio Cuevas, Santiago Ramalle, Tino Pardo, Fernando Hernández. Chorus: Coros de Radio Nacional de España. Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid. Enrique Navarro (conductor). — No. 1 is recorded with cuts (about half of its normal duration). This recording contains also the Pasadoble based on the tunes of the zarzuela. Alhambra 1970: Carmen Sinovas, Pura María Martínez, Isabel Higueras, Antonio Blancas, José Peromingo, Juanito Navarro, Manolo Codeso, Alfonso del Real, Aurelio Rodríguez. Chorus: Cantores de Madrid (dir. ). Orquesta Filarmonía de España. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor). — No. 6 and Finale not recorded.
The Pasodoble was recorded several times in different versions (orchestra, sextet etc.).
References
External links
Diego Emilio Fernández Álvarez. El puñao de rosas (2007) on lazarzuela.webcindario.com