Today a footnote in a history full, mostly, of Italian, German and French names, there were Latin American composers that were considered mega-stars in the opera houses of the 19th century: Mexican Melesio Morales and Brazilian Antônio Carlos Gomes.
Opera Heroes
Mónica Martinez/Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Playlist
Act One: No.2 Quartetto, No.5 Cavatina, from Ildegonda, by Melesio Morales
Act Two: No.17 Trio finale
Ildegonda: Violetta Davalos
Rizzardo Mazzafiori: Raúl Hernández
Rolando Gualderano: Ricardo Santín
Roggiero Guladerano: Edilberto Regalado
Ermenegildo Falsabiglia: Noé Colin
Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez; Coro de la Escuela Nacional de Música; Fernando Lozano, conductor
No. 1 Sinfonia, from Il Guarany, by Antônio Carlos Gomes
Act One: No.2 Coro di cacciatori
Act Three: No.6 Gran scena e duetto
Act Four: No. 12 Gran Scena e terzetto finale ultimo
Pery; Plácido Domingo
Cecilia: Verónica Villarroel
Gonzales: Carlos Álvarez
Don Álvaro: Marcus Haddock
Alonso: John-Paul Bogart
Choir of the Opera of the State of Bonn; Orchestra of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn; John Neschling, conductor
