The operatic production of Puccini established at all times a discussion with the musical, theatrical and literary creation of his time; his work is reflective and permeable to numerous influences of contemporary trends. Puccini is always something more than a composer: he acts as his own stage manager.
The elaborate dramaturgy of his operas, the imagination and configuration of the space, his direct influence during the set of his works, shows that his artistic will was not reduced only to the score.

Although Don Giovanni is one of the most frequently staged operas, its historic critique still raises many issues such as the dialectic between humour and tragedy and the ambivalence between erotic sensuality and the sacred aura of its music.
This book, part of the International Opera Congress organized by the CEU San Pablo University under Director Gabriel Menéndez Torrellas, presents the papers delivered by the guest speakers and the round table discussion in which I participated.

Tristan and Isolde has a unique, unrepeatable place, not only in Richard Wagner's creative repertoire but also in the history of the opera genre as a whole.
This book describes the long process of its composition, the connection between the libretto and the music, the "hazardous adventure" of its première, the perception of time and the depth of its monologues.
This book, part of the International Opera Congress organized by the CEU San Pablo University under Director Gabriel Menéndez Torrellas, presents the papers delivered by the guest speakers and the round table discussion in which I participated.

Stage director Rita Cosentino describes the arguments that shaped the revival in "modern times" of two great works of the Spanish repertoire, both of them avant-garde gestures at the time of their première: Pablo Luna’s “ El sapo enamorado” and Manuel de Falla’s “El corregidor y la molinera”.

A review of stage trends and their connections with music, particularly opera. This publication looks at how the theatrical space and its perception have changed with the evolution of stage technology, and also their possible future directions.

These notebooks bear witness to part of the enormous struggle for survival by the Ibero American stage genre.
This edition brings together material, observations and ideas from different perspectives that shape the theatrical scene in Spain and Latin America.