Mapa Musical Tragedias de Sharkespeare

Una de las óperas más aclamadas del compositor italiano Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly, nos cuenta en este libro de amor y desengaño, de esperanzas y decepciones, de morir y trascender, temas que los niños interpretarán de acuerdo a sus conocimientos y sentimientos. El testimonio de Verónica Villarroel, cantante lírica chilena, nos habla de la puesta en escena de esta ópera y de la interpretación de su personaje principal.

Vladimir Jankélévitch argues that composer Franz Liszt was a leading champion of musical modernity who knew how to express the new aesthetic change of direction in 19th-century European music better than anyone, save Frédéric Chopin. This new style was the opposite of the abstract universality of the symphony and the totalitarianism of the Viennese conservatory. With the reinforcement of national and even provincial rights, the so-called savagery of rhapsody finally turned its back to solemn music, thus beginning the revolution of humility. Liszt gave voice to the land, much as Victor...

You can hum it, but can you write it down? When most people think of a composer, they picture a bewigged genius like Mozart or Beethoven frenetically directing mighty orchestras in the ornate palaces of Vienna. While that may have been the case once upon a time, modern composers make themselves heard far beyond the classical conservatoire and concert hall. These days, soundtracks are in high demand in industries such as TV, film, advertising, and even gaming to help create immersive and exciting experiences. Whatever your musical ambitions—composing a dark requiem in a beautiful Viennese...

Para los que añoran otros tiempos, para los que se deleitan con las voces que saben seguir vivas y para los que quieren asomarse por primera vez al universo del tango.