Opera in the Repertoire · Early Modern
El puñao de rosas
libretto by Carlos Arniches · at Teatro Apolo
El puñao 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 Ramón Asensio Más. 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 Tomás López Torregrosa, was staged in February next year.
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