Thesis Format
Alternative Format
Degree
Master of Music
Program
Music
Supervisor
Frehner, Paul
Abstract
Coloquio entre dos Perros (Dialogue between two Dogs) is a comic chamber opera for four solo voices (one mezzo-soprano, one tenor and two baritones) and mixed ensemble (oboe, viola, guitar and percussion). The libretto, written in modern American Spanish, is based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra entitled Coloquio que pasó entre Cipión y Berganza, perros del Hospital de la Resurrección, que está en la ciudad de Valladolid fuera de la puerta del campo, a quien comúnmente llaman los perros de Mahudes. The opera is divided into nine scenes, which relate the stories from the life of Berganza, a dog from Seville, who tells those stories to his friend and female dog, Scipiona. The music of the opera explores Messiaen's sixth mode of limited transpositions and its derived modes. Likewise, the music uses rhythmic techniques from traditional Colombian music and scales used in traditional Spanish music.
Summary for Lay Audience
Coloquio entre dos Perros (Dialogue between two Dogs) is a comic chamber opera with a libretto based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra entitled Coloquio que pasó entre Cipión y Berganza, perros del Hospital de la Resurrección, que está en la ciudad de Valladolid fuera de la puerta del campo, a quien comúnmente llaman los perros de Mahudes. The libretto, written in modern American Spanish, is divided into nine scenes that tell the stories from the life of Berganza, a dog from Seville. Berganza sings about the misfortunes and misbehaviours of the different masters he has had to his female dog friend, Scipiona. The music assigned to the story and its characters explores rhythms from traditional Colombian music and melodies from traditional Spanish music. The purpose of this work is to contribute to the growth of both Colombian operatic repertoire and Colombian musical culture.
Recommended Citation
Fuya-Duenas, Sandra Rocio, "Coloquio entre dos Perros, Comic Chamber Opera in Nine Scenes" (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7732.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7732
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