Luisa Fernanda (zarzuela)

Luisa Fernanda is a romantic zarzuela in three acts by Federico Moreno Torroba. It has been performed more than 10,000 times.^[1] The Spanish-language libretto is by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw. The first performance took place at Teatro Calderón (Madrid) [es] on 26 March 1932. It was Moreno Torroba’s fourth zarzuela, his first to receive great acclaim.^[1]

Luisa Fernanda
Zarzuela by Federico Moreno Torroba
Performance by Orfeón Donostiarra, 1945
Librettist	Federico Romero Guillermo Fernández-Shaw
Language	Spanish
Premiere	26 March 1932 (1932-03-26) Teatro Calderón (Madrid) [es]

Roles

Rolws, voice types, premiere cast

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 26 March 1932
Luisa Fernanda	mezzo-soprano	Selica Pérez Carpio [es]
Vidal Hernando	baritone[2]	Emilio Sagi Barba
Duchess Carolina	soprano	Laura Nieto
Javier Moreno	tenor	Faustino Arregui
Mariana	mezzo-soprano
Anibal	tenor
Don Luis	baritone

Selected recordings

Year	Cast (Luisa Fernanda, Vidal Hernando, Carolina, Javier)	Conductor, opera house and orchestra	Label
2006	Nancy Herrera, Plácido Domingo, Mariola Cantarero, José Bros	Jesús López Cobos, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus	DVD: Opus Arte Cat: 009478 00969