Plenilunio & Ezpatadantza - "Amaya" by Jesús Guridi
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- Plenilunio & Ezpatadantza scenes from the opera "Amaya" (1920) by Jesús Guridi (1886-1961).
Orquesta Sinfónica - Dtor: Jesús Arámbarri
"The historic 1959 collection under Jesús Arrámbarri introduced us to two orchestral excerpts from his three-act lyric drama Amaya - the Act 1 'Full Moon' and the Act 2 'Sword Dance' with its Basque flute and side-drum.
Produced in 1920 after ten years' work, the opera is set in the eighth century and represents the struggle of Christianity to oust traditional religious beliefs in northern Spain. That struggle is personified by the dilemma of Amaya (soprano) to choose between rival suitors - Teodosio (tenor), who embraces Christianity, and Asier (bass), who represents the worship of gods of nature such as the sun and moon. Whichever wins Amaya's hand will be crowned King of Vasconia and thereby determine the destiny of the Basques. In Act 1, Amaya's priestess aunt Amagoia (mezzo-soprano) pleads the cause of her absent ward Asier. In Act 2, Amaya marries Teodosio, but Asier returns and claims his right to her hand. Act 3 provides a diversion by introducing a popular Basque legend with a gory murder. In an Epilogue, past-the-post wrangles are finally resolved not Bush-Gore fashion by a vote of the Supreme Court, but by Asier being thrown from his horse and embracing Christianity with his dying breath.
If the religious content and even the Spanish setting suggest Wagner's Parsifal, it is indeed Wagnerian music drama that very much comes to mind in listening to the score. Ultimately, though, it's Guridi himself who asserts his individuality. Even in this major operatic work, it's the sound he draws from the orchestra that most immediately attracts attention - right from the prelude that so evocatively captures the sun going down over the sea. The 'Singing by the light of the moon' theme it introduces reappears as a Leitmotiv throughout Act 1, and Basque song and dance forms are at the root of much of the score. Act 3 and the Epilogue have much dark, stormy music; but the waves of orchestral sound as Asier embraces Christianity provide an uplifting experience. The vocal writing throughout is powerful and demanding, but that final scene is especially moving.
© Andrew Lamb 2000
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¡¡Que gran influencia tuvo lo wagneriano en el!!. Lo desconocía, pensé que era más folklorista.
Geniales el Plenilunio y la Danza de las Espadas o Espatadanza que son un componente muy importante de la opera AMAYA con musica del gran Jesus Guridi basada en un relato del escritor navarro Francisco Navarro Villoslada. El titulo original de la obra literaria es AMAYA o LOS VASCOS EN EL SIGLO VIII. Recomiendo su lectura.
¡¡Que gran influencia tuvo lo wagneriano en el!!. Lo desconocía, pensé que era más folklorista.
La lunaves un reflejobdel sol