Manuel Penella's El Gato Montés
"Domingo roars... powerful. A striking, successful cultural hybrid.”
This presentation of Manuel Penella’s opera—one of the greatest masterpieces of the Spanish lyrical theater.—featured Plácido Domingo in his first performances of the title role. Spanish conductor Jordi Bernàcer led this production by Teatro de la Zarzuela, also starring soprano Ana María Martínez and tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz.
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael, Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Plácido Domingo as Juanillo in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Plácido Domingo as Juanillo in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera as the Fortune Teller in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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A scene from LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Sharmay Musacchio as Frasquita and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael Ruiz in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Rubén Amoretti (center) as Padre Antón, with Ana María Martínez (left) as Soleá and Sharmay Musacchio as Frasquita in LA Opera’s 2019 production of “El Gato Montés: The Wildcat”
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Members of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Plácido Domingo as Juanillo in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Juan Carlos Heredia as Hormigón in LA Opera’s 2019 production of “El Gato Montés: The Wildcat”
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A scene from LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael Ruiz and Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael Ruiz in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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A scene from LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Plácido Domingo as Juanillo and Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael Ruiz in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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A scene from LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael Ruiz in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Plácido Domingo as Juanillo in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Plácido Domingo as Juanillo in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera as the Fortune Teller (with members of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus) in LA Opera's 2019 production of "E
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Rubén Amoretti as Padre Antón and Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera as the Fortune Teller (with Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael) in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael and Juan Carlos Heredia as Hormigón in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera as the Fortune Teller, Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael and Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rafael, Nancy Fabiola Herrera as the Fortune Teller and Ana María Martínez as Soleá in LA Opera's 2019 production of "El Gato Montés: The Wildcat"
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- Juanillo
- Plácido Domingo
- Solea
- Ana María Martínez
- Rafael Ruiz
- Arturo Chacón-Cruz
- Fortune Teller
- Nancy Fabiola Herrera
- Padre Anton
- Rubén Amoretti
- Hormigón
- Hormigón (May 16)
- E. Scott Levin
- Frasquita
- Sharmay Musacchio
- Young Shepherd
- Niru Liu
- Pezuno
- Daniel Armstrong
- Caireles
- Michael J. Hawk
Creative Team
- Conductor
- Jordi Bernàcer
- Stage Director
- Jorge Torres
- Scenery / Lighting
- Francisco Leal
- Costumes
- Pedro Moreno
- Chorus Director
- Grant Gershon
- Choreographer
- Cristina Hoyos
- Choreographer
- Jesús Ortega
A production of Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid), Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Musica
Production made possible with generous support from Barbara Augusta Teichert; The Alfred and Claude Mann Fund, in honor of Plácido Domingo; Marie Song; and Rolex.
Special support from Edward E. and Alicia G. Clark and the National Endowment for the Arts.