News

ArtesMiami: Major Sponsor of CECILIA VALDES on August 27, 2023

August 01, 2023

Proud to be a major sponsor of the greatest Cuban Zarzuela, "Cecilia Valdés," composed by Gonzalo Roig & based on the novel by Cirilo Villaverde will be presented in concert by Marti Productions, Inc., a non-profit cultural organization.

Sunday August 27, 2023 at 4:30pm at the Miami Dade County Auditorium 2901 W. Flagler Street Miami, Fl 33135 305-547-5414

Box Office Information and contact : 305-220-2863

Tickets: www.miamidadecountyauditorium.org and at the theater box office.

Please arrive early!

Cuban Zarzuela "Cecilia Valdés" composed by Gonzalo Roig based on the novel by Cirilo Villaverde will be presented in concert by Marti Productions, Inc., a non-profit cultural organization on Sunday August 27, 2023 at 4:30pm at the

Miami Dade County Auditorium 2901 W. Flagler Street Miami, Fl 33135 305-547-5414 Box Office

Information and contact : 305-220-2863

Tickets: www.miamidadecountyauditorium.org and at the theater box office

Cecilia Valdés is a Cuban zarzuela based on the novel by Cirilo Villaverde. It is a work of importance for its quality, and its revelation of the interaction of classes and races in Havana, Cuba. The story takes place in colonial Cuba around 1830. The young and beautiful mestiza, Cecilia Valdés, is the illegitimate daughter of the powerful land magnate and slave trader, Cándido de Gamboa. Leonardo de Gamboa is his legitimate son. Leonardo falls in love with Cecilia, not realizing that she is his own half-sister, and they become lovers. At the same time, a poor black musician, José Dolores Pimienta, is also hopelessly in love with Cecilia. Cecilia rejects Pimenta's advances and conceives Leonardo's son.

However, the love between Leonardo and Cecilia does not last. He leaves her and becomes engaged to an upper-class white woman, Isabel Ilincheta. Cecilia turns to the faithful Pimienta to plan revenge. On their wedding day, Leonardo is assassinated on the steps of the Cathedral by Pimienta, who acts at Cecilia's instigation. Pimienta is executed and Cecilia imprisoned.

Guest artists:

*Eglise Gutierrez* Peter Alexander Rivera* Armando Naranjo* Laura De Mare*

*Eduardo Salles* Grethel Ortiz* Jesús Brañas* Paut Williams* Tania Marti*

*Coral Voices Of Miami* Director Greisel Domínguez

*Sikan Afrocuban Dance Company* Director Marisol Blanco

*The Florida Chamber Orchestra* Conductor Marlene Urbay

Art Director: Manny Albelo