Atzimba

Composer: CASTRO HERRERA, Ricardo
  • Atzimba is a 3-act opera which Castro-Herrera composed in 1900.
  • The opera premiered in Mexico City in 1900.
  • Story: set in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico in 1522: an invading Spanish captain falls in love with a native Tarascan princess.

“A deeply moving experience”

An Antwerp music critic, on the closing scene of Atzimba, from La fédération artistique January 1, 1905
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Sources

  1. Robert Stevenson, “Castro Herrera, Ricardo (opera),” Grove Music Online (2002), accessed August 15, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000002571.

Cut IDs

15095